Video: Bond Set In Monroe County Murder Case

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MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The man allegedly responsible for a brutal Monroe County murder has made his first court appearance.

Stanley Pace, of Pell City Alabama, is charged with the murder of 43-year-old Ronny Duke, of Amory.

Pace’s bond is set at $750,000.

According to Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell, the two men had been drinking friday night when they got into a deadly argument.

Cantrell says Pace chased Duke out of a mobile home and stabbed him multiple times with a replica of a civil war sword.

Duke’s body was found Monday off of Brown Taylor Road near Hatley.