Chitty also noted that Vargas struck Walker four times with the hammer and, after the killing, returned to Walker’s home to stage the scene so it would appear he was killed during a robbery by ...

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A 31-year-old central Illinois man has been arrested and charged in the hammer-bludgeoning death of his 81-year-old neighbor over a $20 debt. The (Peoria) Journal ...