Bond has been set at $310,000 for a Cherokee County, Alabama man charged with murder.
48 year old Ben T. McCool of Gaylesville stands accused of killing Scottie Eugene Abernathy, whose body was pulled from the Chattooga River on January 29th.
McCool had been arrested the day before, on charges of torture/willful abuse of a child, and domestic violence by strangulation in an unrelated case.
He was subsequently charged with murder, following the discovery of the body.
The initial investigation, conducted by the Cherokee County Major Crimes Unit and Sheriff's Office, led authorities to suspect that Abernathy had been shot, and his body dumped in the river; the 38 year old victim was reported missing by family members on January 28th.
No information has been released regarding any possible motive in the case, which remains under investigation by the Cherokee County Major Crimes Unit.
McCool was once very well known in Chattooga County, having worked as a barber in Trion and Summerville.
He currently remains in the Cherokee County Detention Center.
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