Two Shelton teenagers are being charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of their foster father, whose body was found burning not far from H ‘their Oak Park home Sunday morning. x Dead after a lethal melee that § apparently erupted late Saturday a night or early Sunday morning is {Frank L. Faircloth, 43, a social fio‘ By CAROLYNmUX i edw worker for the Washington Department of Social and Health .Services Community Service Ofiice $11) Shelton. g Mason County Coroner Martha Reed said Tuesday that Faircloth Q died from a combination of blows to the head with a blunt object . and a stab wound through the W lungs. He apparently died within minutes, Reed said. Faircloth‘s adopted son, Mar- vin F. (Sides) Faircloth, 18, and a foster son, Keith Murphy, 17, are being held in the Mason County Jail, and will be arraigned in K Mason County Superior Court at 9 am, today. The younger Fair- Dvcloth was arrested by a Mason ‘ County sheriff’s deputy shortly before noon Sunday near his resi- dence at East 21 Redwood Place. MURPHY, WHO fled the scene, was arrested Wednesday morning at a motel in Centralia. Both youths, according to the sheriffs office, have admitted murdering Faircloth. Mason County sheriff’s officers, notified of the killing by a 16— year—old youth who also lived in the home, found Faircloth’s muti- side road on McEwan Prairie on Sunday morning. Marvin Faircloth was identi- fied Monday afternoon in Mason County Superior Court. Prosecu- tor Gary Burleson told Judge James Sawyer that Faircloth had made three statements to depu7 ties, admitting his father’s mur- der in two of them. Burleson filed charges of first- uoysw‘harg lated body he wooded area off an Marvin Sides Faircloth degree murder against Faircloth and Murphy in Mason County Superior Court on Tuesday. Infor~ mation in the case indicated that Faircloth was hit numerous times with a hammer. The youngster who contacted the sheriff’s office, according to the arresting affidavit, told depu» ties Mark Merod and Douglas Smith that he heard the sounds of a struggle downstairs and heard the victim say, “Call the police!” However, the youngster said that there was no phone upstairs and he was afraid to leave the room because the 18- year-old had told him to stay there. HE ALSO TOLD deputies that Marvin Faircloth and Murphy made him assist in cleaning up the living room and putting Frank Faircloth’s body in the garage. He also reported see- ing the younger Faircloth take a knife from his father’s body. He heard him and Murphy discuss breaking out the dead man’s teeth and burning his body, the report indicated that the boy told Keith Murphy the investigating officers. Later, deputies were told, the two put Faircloth’s body into his Mercury Cougar and left. Depu» ties followed tire tracks onto a dirt road off McEwan Prairie Road, which leaves Brockdale Road close to the Oak Park devel» opment where the foster family lived. They saw smoke and located the body, then found the car parked nearby, the affidavit indi- cated. Deputy Merod’s canine assis- tant, Lobo, led officers to the car and then back toward Oak Park. MEANWHILE, THE officers‘ report indicated, Marvin Faircloth had returned to the Oak Park area, entered a friend‘s home, changed clothes and hid in a closet until he was found by the friend’s mother. Told that police were looking for him, he returned to 21 Redwood Court, and was arrested outside the house. According to the statement, Faircloth at first denied involve— ment in his adoptive father’s death, but later made admis- , OCR Text: Two Shelton teenagers are being charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of their foster father, whose body was found burning not far from H ‘their Oak Park home Sunday morning. x Dead after a lethal melee that § apparently erupted late Saturday a night or early Sunday morning is {Frank L. Faircloth, 43, a social fio‘ By CAROLYNmUX i edw worker for the Washington Department of Social and Health .Services Community Service Ofiice $11) Shelton. g Mason County Coroner Martha Reed said Tuesday that Faircloth Q died from a combination of blows to the head with a blunt object . and a stab wound through the W lungs. He apparently died within minutes, Reed said. Faircloth‘s adopted son, Mar- vin F. (Sides) Faircloth, 18, and a foster son, Keith Murphy, 17, are being held in the Mason County Jail, and will be arraigned in K Mason County Superior Court at 9 am, today. The younger Fair- Dvcloth was arrested by a Mason ‘ County sheriff’s deputy shortly before noon Sunday near his resi- dence at East 21 Redwood Place. MURPHY, WHO fled the scene, was arrested Wednesday morning at a motel in Centralia. Both youths, according to the sheriffs office, have admitted murdering Faircloth. Mason County sheriff’s officers, notified of the killing by a 16— year—old youth who also lived in the home, found Faircloth’s muti- side road on McEwan Prairie on Sunday morning. Marvin Faircloth was identi- fied Monday afternoon in Mason County Superior Court. Prosecu- tor Gary Burleson told Judge James Sawyer that Faircloth had made three statements to depu7 ties, admitting his father’s mur- der in two of them. Burleson filed charges of first- uoysw‘harg lated body he wooded area off an Marvin Sides Faircloth degree murder against Faircloth and Murphy in Mason County Superior Court on Tuesday. Infor~ mation in the case indicated that Faircloth was hit numerous times with a hammer. The youngster who contacted the sheriff’s office, according to the arresting affidavit, told depu» ties Mark Merod and Douglas Smith that he heard the sounds of a struggle downstairs and heard the victim say, “Call the police!” However, the youngster said that there was no phone upstairs and he was afraid to leave the room because the 18- year-old had told him to stay there. HE ALSO TOLD deputies that Marvin Faircloth and Murphy made him assist in cleaning up the living room and putting Frank Faircloth’s body in the garage. He also reported see- ing the younger Faircloth take a knife from his father’s body. He heard him and Murphy discuss breaking out the dead man’s teeth and burning his body, the report indicated that the boy told Keith Murphy the investigating officers. Later, deputies were told, the two put Faircloth’s body into his Mercury Cougar and left. Depu» ties followed tire tracks onto a dirt road off McEwan Prairie Road, which leaves Brockdale Road close to the Oak Park devel» opment where the foster family lived. They saw smoke and located the body, then found the car parked nearby, the affidavit indi- cated. Deputy Merod’s canine assis- tant, Lobo, led officers to the car and then back toward Oak Park. MEANWHILE, THE officers‘ report indicated, Marvin Faircloth had returned to the Oak Park area, entered a friend‘s home, changed clothes and hid in a closet until he was found by the friend’s mother. Told that police were looking for him, he returned to 21 Redwood Court, and was arrested outside the house. According to the statement, Faircloth at first denied involve— ment in his adoptive father’s death, but later made admis- , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,F Last Name,Faircloth, Frank L. #2.tif,Faircloth, Frank L. #2.tif, Faircloth, Frank L. #2.tif