61-year-old Henrico man facing second-degree murder charges in death of 65-year-old

A 61-year-old Henrico man is in custory, facing second-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a 65-year-old man at his West End home.

Police responded to the 7500 block of Roswell Road (near the intersection of Three Chopt and Skipwith roads) for a welfare check March 19 at about 7:37 p.m. and found 61-year-old Joseph Harold Laws, who requested medical services and was taken to a local hospital.

But then shortly afterwards, police received information about a possible assault that may have taken place at Laws' residence, so they returned and found 65-year-old William Ed Lawson dead with obvious signs of trauma.

Police officials are working with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner of death, but they took Laws into custody and charged him with second-degree murder.

Anyone with information about what may have occurred is asked to contact Henrico Police Det. R. Egan at (804) 501-4878 or submit tips anonymously via Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or by using P3tips.com.