Suspect of Aggravated Manslaughter Charged After Beating 87-Year-Old Man to Death in Florida Golf Course

Robert Edward Moore Jr. was charged with aggravated manslaughter after beating an 87-year-old man to death in Florida. Moore Jr. and the victim got involved in a confrontation after the latter accidentally hit a car that the suspect believed was his.

On June 28, at the Glenview Country Club in The Villages in Florida, a confrontation between Robert Edward Moore Jr., 76, and Dean William Zook, 87, happened when Zook accidentally hit a car that Moore Jr. believed was his.

According to Vacchiano, Zook admitted to the accident and asked to exchange insurance information with Moore Jr. However, the latter allegedly struck Zook in the jaw with a closed fist and pushed him backward. When the aggravated manslaughter suspect realized the vehicle that was hit did not belong to him, he left thereafter.

During an interview with authorities, however, Zook began to stammer and became unsteady. He was then immediately transported to a local hospital where doctors found out that his brain was bleeding. Unfortunately, Zook passed away on July 16 which was a day before his 88th birthday.

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Suspect Charged with Aggravated Manslaughter

An article in FOX 35 Orlando states that the authorities were able to arrest the aggravated manslaughter suspect without incident after finding an article about him from November 2022. The aggravated manslaughter suspect claimed that he thought Zook was attempting to escape the scene of the accident and that he was not aware of his age.

Nonetheless, the suspect faced charges of aggravated manslaughter on an elderly person. To date, the aggravated manslaughter suspect is being held at the Sumter County Detention Center on a bond of $30,000.

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