A 27-year-old American Fork man has been charged in connection with the fatal beating of his step-father last month.
Jace T. Zeeman was charged Monday in 4th District Court with second-degree felony manslaughter for the Aug. 27 attack that resulted in the death, five days later, of 47-year-old Phillip Brandon Bourgeois.
Zeeman also is charged with two third-degree felony counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, because Bourgeois’ two minor children were at the residence at the time of the altercation.
American Fork police, responding to a report of a fight in progress, arrived at a residence near 300 East and 400 North to find Bourgeois unconscious, not breathing and without a pulse, according to charging documents.