A 20-year-old man has been charged with decapitating another man with a hatchet as the victim took a morning walk.
Prosecutors in Santa Maria, California, say Nicholas Bendle was charged on Wednesday with murder.
Santa Maria police say Bendle attacked 69-year-old Frederick Holgate as the victim walked with his cane.
Police say they know no motive for the attack.
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