GUILTY CA - Hugh Ward, 67, Madera, 29 March 2010

Madera Sheriff's Deputies continue their search for a missing elderly man, following suspicious clues left behind at his home.

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The search intensified on Tuesday for a missing man in Madera County.

Deputies were called to the home of 67-year-old Hugh Ward Monday afternoon. When they arrived, they discovered Ward and his car were missing, his home had been ransacked and they say they found blood at the residence.

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The search for a missing Madera grandfather came to a tragic end Tuesday afternoon, just one day after he disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

The body of 67 year old Hugh Ward was found wrapped in blankets and stuffed inside of the trunk of his car.

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Anthony Love Queen, 22, pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Hugh Ward, 67, was stabbed to death in March 2010, the day after Queen got out of prison for another crime...

Madera County investigators found Hugh Ward's body in the trunk of his own car. Queen had reported his grandfather's disappearance and a burglary at the home, but investigators were suspicious from the start. They arrested him for murder the next day.

On Monday, a judge sentenced him to 15 years to life in prison.

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