A grueling investigation into a grim family tragedy culminated this past weekend, when the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department apprehended 28-year-old Robert W.D. Fox for the January murder of his father, Larry D. Fox. According to reports from WTHR, investigators had been piecing together the events since the January 30th murder in Norman, Indiana, with detectives collecting evidence and carrying out interviews with several individuals.
The exhaustive hunt for the culprit took a decisive turn on Saturday around 4:50 p.m., when detectives, in collaboration with the Seymour Police Department, arrested Fox in Seymour. Notably, Robert Fox was taken into custody without incident, bringing an end to the search for Larry Fox’s killer. Upon arrest, Robert Fox was escorted to the Jackson County Jail in Brownstown and charged with murder, as detailed by WISH-TV.
At the outset of this tragic saga, the Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies had responded to a distressing scenario in Norman, finding not one but two victims bearing gunshot wounds. Upon the late January arrival at a residence on the 11000 block of West 325 North, emergency personnel pronounced 76-year-old Larry Fox dead at the scene, as recounted by FOX59. The second victim, at the time unnamed but later revealed to be Robert Fox himself, was transported to a local hospital with injuries to his arm.
Despite the arrest, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department has maintained a veil over certain details of the investigation, not explicitly naming Robert Fox as the second victim in their initial reporting of the incident. However, with the announcement of the arrest, it became clear that the 28-year-old not only bore witness to his father’s death but is accused of orchestrating the lethal act that terminated their bloodline's senior generation. The specific circumstances and motives behind this grim case of patricide, however, remain shrouded as the gears of justice begin to turn for Robert W.D. Fox.
