CARMEL, Ind. — A man is dead, a woman was sent to a hospital, and a family member is under arrest, say Carmel police as they investigate a rare homicide in the city.
Carmel Police Department officers were sent about 6 p.m. Monday to a house in the 3500 block of Rolling Springs Drive. That’s west of Lake Woodland in the Woodland Springs subdivision, which is southeast of East 116th Street and Keystone Parkway.
Police found 75-year-old David Clearbout dead outside of the home with multiple stab wounds. A woman was found bound inside the home severely battered.
The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Christopher Claerbout, is the adult son of the victims. Sgt. D.J. Scheoff with the Carmel Police Department said he was taken into custody in southern Indiana in a Tuesday afternoon press conference. He is being held on charges of murder, criminal confinement and domestic battery.
Carmel has had fewer than 10 murders since 2007, according to statistics posted online.
