Police: Booster’s Death an Accident, Not a Slaying
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
An Alabama booster died in an accident at his home, rather than being slain as first thought.
Police initially described the death of 65-year-old Logan Young as a bloody slaying after a fierce struggle but quit calling it a homicide a day later.
“He fell in his house, hit his head on a metal stair railing and died from that injury,” Memphis police director Larry Godwin said at a news conference.
Young, who was convicted last year of bribing a high school football coach to steer a top recruit to Alabama, was found dead at his Memphis home Tuesday. No arrests had been made and no suspects had been identified although family members and friends had been questioned.
Crime scene crews spent most of two days in Young’s house, where police said blood or traces of blood were found in several rooms.
