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Baton Rouge man accused of using baseball bat to kill roommate formally charged with murder

Summary by BRPROUD

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- A Baton Rouge man accused of using a baseball bat to kill his roommate was formally charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday. Hugo Molina-Campos, 26, was arrested by deputies in August in connection with the beating death. According to an affidavit, deputies found "a significant amount of blood" in front of a trailer on Hooper Road on Aug. 2. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said Molina-Campos was…

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