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A North Carolina man has been charged with first-degree murder

after he beat his roommate to death for asking him for a cigarette.

William Francis Boredzen, 40, called 911,

shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday and said he'd been in a fight with his roommate,

identified as 65-year-old Robert Murphy, and that he kicked his ick pretty good. First responders found Murphy dead on the scene.

Bordsin told investigators that the fight started at about 4 a.m. when Murphy, allegedly drunk,

came into his room and asked for cigarettes, and Bordsen refused, and the two got in a physical

altercation. Bordsen said he punched Murphy in the head several times, then grabbed a box fan

and hit Murphy repeatedly in the head with it. After Murphy collapsed, Bordsen said he kicked him in the

stomach and face several times, telling police those last blows weren't needed and expressing some

regret for them. Bordsen allowed detectives to search his phone, where they found videos and photos

taken about six hours before he called 911. In one video, Murphy was still alive, but injured

and lying in the same position where he was later found dead. Bardson is heard in the video

speaking to Murphy in a derogatory tone according to court documents. Bordson is being held in the

Meckland Bug County Jail on a $400,000 bond. An arrest has been made in a deadly

shooting in Washington State that left a 23-year-old mother dead last week. The Pascoe Police Department

said they responded to a 911 call and found Lupita Ponce Penelosa dead in a garage apartment.

Jonathan Villegas, 30, was identified as the suspect,

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