MARTINEZ — Contra Costa prosecutors have charged a local resident who allegedly used a baseball bat to beat his ex-boyfriend to death, then called police to report he’d failed to recognize the “intruder” during the homicide, court records show.

Kyle Daniels, 31, of Martinez, was charged with murder and a special allegation of using a deadly weapon in the March 15 killing of 40-year-old Dual Moore, of Oakland. The charges were filed in September, after a lengthy investigation that picked apart Daniels’ initial statement to police that he failed to recognize Moore, a man he’d dated, and believed to be defending himself against an intruder, according to court records.

After killing Moore, Daniels allegedly told police he was “swinging for the fences” with his baseball bat, according to cour

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