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Teacher accused of bludgeoning wealthy father in 1990

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ALBANY - A popular high school math teacher in Albany has been arrested on accusations that he beat his wealthy inventor father to death with a golf club. <br> <br> William T. ``Bill&#39;&#39; Scheer was arrested yesterday after a grand jury indicted him in the death of 83-year-old William Henry Scheer 12 years ago. <br> <br> The father was a retired Bell Telephone Laboratories inventor. <br> <br> News reports at the time said the father&#39;s body was found in a bedroom chair by two maids. He suffered an apparent blow to the head from a golf club. <br> <br> District Attorney Ken Hodges says follow-up interviews with witnesses led to new evidence against Scheer. <br> <br> He could not discuss specifics of the evidence that led to Scheer&#39;s indictment and arrest. <br> <br> Scheer&#39;s attorney, Pete Donaldson, says the teacher was at school that morning and could not have committed the crime.
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