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Waco man arrested in 2017 murder of elderly Temple man

Temple Police say Juan Antonio Macias Jr., 46, was indicted Wednesday by a Bell County Grand Jury for Capital Murder with intent to commit another felony.

A Waco man was arrested and indicted in the May 2017 murder of 83-year-old Lonnie Taplin in Temple.

Temple Police said Juan Antonio Macias Jr., 46, was indicted Wednesday by a Bell County Grand Jury for Capital Murder with intent to commit another felony.

According to the Bell County Jail's website, Macias was booked just before 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Police say Macias was located in Belton where Temple PD made the arrest.

Taplin's death was originally ruled suspicious, with police discovering a door to his home on West Adams Avenue had been entered "forcefully," in an investigation which lasted multiple days.

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