NATCHEZ — Adams County deputies arrested a fugitive murder suspect Monday in the Morgantown area after somebody recognized him and called law enforcement.

Paul Macbeth Green, 38, 2 West Kirby St., was booked into the Adams County Sheriff’s Office jail shortly before noon Monday on charges of murder in connection with the death of Clark Felton Jr., a 61-year-old cancer patient who was found beaten to death Aug. 12 in his residence at 87 LaGrange Road.

The warrant for Green’s arrest was issued Aug. 18 after investigators were able to determine enough probable cause to consider him a suspect, ACSO Investigator Maj. Ricky Stevens said.

Green’s girlfriend, Lizzie A. Madison, 39, was arrested Aug. 19.

Investigators said the two were known to walk in the area around Felton’s home.

When investigators arrested Madison at the residence she shared with Green, she had reportedly been in Vicksburg and was packing her bags in an apparent attempt to leave town.

Green was able to successfully evade investigators until Monday, when someone recognized him outside the WIC center in Morgantown, Stevens said.

The suspect had apparently gone inside the WIC center and called for a senior citizens transport van to pick him up, and was waiting for the ride when he was recognized, Stevens said.

Both Natchez Police and ACSO deputies responded, and when Green saw the law enforcement units arrive on the scene he bolted, leading officers on a chase down Brookfield and Horseshoe Drives before he was apprehended.

Investigators have not yet been able to determine where Green was staying, Stevens said.

Madison is currently being detained on a $150,000 bond, while Green is being detained without bond until magistration.

The case began when Felton was discovered face-up in a puddle of blood in his dining room Aug. 12.

Later, it became apparent that the beating that eventually claimed his life happened sometime during the night of Aug. 11, and an autopsy revealed Felton received sharp trauma to his head, neck and throat before bleeding to death.

The suspected murder weapon — Felton’s own cane — was discovered Aug. 13.