RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. -- A 56-year-old man faces murder charges following a death investigation in Richland County, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said on Sept. 29. deputies responded to a medical call in rural Richland County and located an adult man who was dead at the scene. An investigation was immediately started into the circumstances surrounding the death.

Through the investigation, deputies learned of an alleged physical altercation that occurred on Sept. 26. involving the victim. Information gathered from the scene led to the arrest of the man.

He was taken into custody for a Wisconsin Department of Corrections warrant by the Boscobel Police Department on Oct. 1, and continues to be confined at the Richland County Sheriff's Office jail.

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