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Evansville Police Department
Tuesday February 13th, 2018 :: 12:38 p.m. CST

Advisory

A second arrest has been made in the Donald Freels murder investigation

Evansville Police have arrested a second person in the Donald Freels murder investigation.
ZACHERY HUNTER, 23, was arrested without incident earlier today. Based on information gathered during the investigation, police believe HUNTER was with Carolyn Butler when they met with Freels to conduct a drug deal. Police believe HUNTER fired several shots at Freels during the drug deal.
Although his body was found near Ellis Park in Henderson County Kentucky, police believe Freels was killed in the 1100 block of N. 2nd Ave in Evansville.
HUNTER is being booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on a Murder warrant at this time. His booking photo will be available once the booking process is complete.
The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are possible.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Evansville Police Department
15 Northwest Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
Evansville, IN 47708

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