Fair worker booked on a murder charge

BROWNSTOWN, IN — A Jackson County Fair worker is facing a murder charge.

Michael Steele died at a hospital on July 28 after a fight with Zachariah Konkle.

Konkle is accused of punching Steele in the back of the head multiple times and choking him.

Police say Konkle is also a sex offender and should not have been working at the fair.