A Kentucky teenager charged with murder in the death of longtime coal company executive Ben Hatfield has been returned to West Virginia by police.
Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick, 18, of Louisa, Kentucky, is in the Southwestern Regional Jail in Holden, according to the state Regional Jail Authority's website.
Police say Fitzpatrick and Anthony Arriaga, 20, of Lima, Ohio, came across Hatfield's luxury SUV at a Mingo County cemetery, where he was tending family graves, and decided to rob him.
Arriaga allegedly walked up behind Hatfield and shot at him twice, hitting him once in the back. Hatfield covered 50 to 60 yards after he was shot, police say, and died at the edge of the Tug Fork River.
Fitzpatrick allegedly fled the scene in a vehicle. Arriaga was supposed to steal Hatfield's SUV and meet up with Fitzpatrick, police say. Instead, Arriaga panicked and ran over a bank and straight into the river.
Arriaga was arrested in Ohio hours after Hatfield's death. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 22 in Mingo County.
Fitzpatrick was arrested by police in Elsmere, Kentucky, on charges unrelated to Hatfield's death. He waived his right to fight extradition to West Virginia on June 3, and was brought back to the regional jail in Logan County on Friday, where he is being held without bond.
After Hatfield's death, Arriaga and Fitzpatrick eventually met up in Wayne at the home of Ricky Peterson, 20, police say. Peterson allegedly lied to police when they were investigating Hatfield's shooting. He faces charges of being an accessory to murder after the fact, obstructing/resisting an officer and providing false information to police.