A 28-year-old Schaumburg man is charged with murder in the fatal beating of his father in the family home Saturday morning, authorities said.

Abhijit Patel faces one count of first-degree murder and will appear in Cook County court Monday for a detention hearing, according to Schaumburg police.

Anupam Patel, 67, was pronounced dead at 11:06 a.m. at a home in the 1100 block of South Salem Drive, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy determined his death a homicide caused by blunt head trauma as the result of an assault, the medical examiner’s office reported Sunday afternoon.

Schaumburg police said officers and fire department personnel were dispatched to the residence at approximately 10:45 a.m. Saturday on a report of a man unresponsive and bleeding from t

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