A 25-year-old man is charged with murder in Daviess County after another man was knocked unconscious and died over the weekend.

Aaron Thomas Tucker of Lock Springs is charged with a felony for second-degree murder in connection with the death of Michael Chad Estabrook.

According to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office around 5:20 a.m. Saturday an ambulance was called to a home near Lake St. in Lock Springs in reference to a man who was reportedly in cardiac arrest.

Sheriff Ben Becerra said shortly after that, first responders learned that their patient, Estabrook had been knocked unconscious during a physical altercation. Estabrook was transported to Hedrick Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

“After learning of the physical altercation, the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to investigate the incident. During the course of the investigation Aaron T. Tucker was interviewed and subsequently arrested for assaulting Estabrook,” Sheriff Becerra said. “During the physical altercation Tucker struck Estabrook which rendered him unconscious which resulted in Estabrook’s death.”

Tucker is currently being held in the Daviess/Dekalb County Regional Jail on $100,000 cash only bond.