DILLSBORO, Ind. — A man for whom police searched through rural areas in Dearborn County last week is accused of murdering the man his ex began dating, the Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office announced.

The Dearborn County Sheriff's Office alerted residents near Hueseman Road that deputies were searching for a person of interest in a death investigation , who may have been armed; After hours of searching, the sheriff's office said it had found and arrested 33-year-old Brent David Wellman.

According to the Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office, Wellman now faces a murder charge for the death of 39-year-old Dennis Adams Jr., of Erlanger, Ky.

Prosecutors said events began unfolding in the evening hours of August 13 into the early morning of August 14, at the home of Wellman's ex-girlfriend

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