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Two charged with murder in November death of Jasper County man

A man and woman have been charged with murder in the November 2014 death of an 85-year-old Jasper man.
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A man and woman have been charged with murder in the November 2014 death of an 85-year-old Jasper man.

According to Lt. Investigator Cal Morgan with the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, Robert Kelly Mounts, 48, and his girlfriend Ashley Nicole Lewis, 29, were arraigned Friday morning on murder charges in the death of Herbert W. Deaton, 85, of Jasper County. Bond for each was set at $500,000.

According to 12News file stories, the couple was arrested in Indiana and agreed to extradition in February on charges of credit card abuse and theft of Mr. Deaton's vehicle. They were already in jail when the murder charges were filed.

Mr. Deaton's body was found off County Road 73. Mounts and Lewis were later seen in his truck and became suspects in his death.

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