A 19-year-old man was arrested in Florida early Tuesday for the stabbing death of a man in Clayton County.

The body of 61-year-old Gary Bussey of Augusta was found with multiple stab wounds in a home in the 6600 block of Homestead Road in Rex on Monday afternoon, Clayton police said.

Chinua Plez, the son of the homeowner Bussey had been visiting, was arrested in Broward County, Fla., and will be extradited to Clayton County to face a murder charge, police said.

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