Man, 87, charged with killing fellow nursing home resident
An 87-year-old man was charged with fatally beating a 91-year-old man at a nursing home in Columbia. Earl Wilder was charged with second-degree murder in the death of James Brown, Howard County police said. Police said Wilder repeatedly struck Brown in the head. Police do not believe the men knew each other.
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