The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) is sharing information about an arrest made today in an open murder case.

According to officials, on June 1 DCSO deputies were called to a house on Kyle Drive in Wellington, Nevada, near Topaz Lake, for a report of a man found dead.

When deputies arrived on scene, they found 83-year-old George Walker Sr. deceased in the house.

Officials say Walker Sr. appeared to have been beaten and stabbed multiple times.

Walker Sr. was transported to the he Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office, where a full autopsy determined the cause of death to be multiple blunt and sharp force traumas and ruled it a homicide.

Investigators with the DCSO identified 70-year-old Brenda Lyon as the primary suspect in the case and made an arrest today, June 6.

She was c

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