Deputies: Primary suspect in Union County man's homicide arrested in Gainesville

UNION COUNTY, Fla. — A man police want to question in a Union County man's homicide is in custody.

Donnie Hugh Crawford, 42, of Lake Butler, is considered the primary suspect in the homicide of 65-year-old Ralph Gary Anderson.

Deputies went to Anderson's home on SE Sixth Street in Lake Butler on Monday night to check on him and found him dead inside.

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Investigators from the Union County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement determined that Anderson was the victim of foul play. Evidence shows Anderson died from a single gunshot wound, UCSO said.

Witnesses told investigators that Crawford visited Anderson at his home on Sunday evening. A search warrant was obtained for a home off SW Fourth Avenue, where Crawford was staying.

Crawford was located and arrested in Gainesville on felony charges, including burglary and grand theft, and will soon be transported back to Union County to be questioned about his role in Anderson's death.

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