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Upset about noise at a Woods Cross motel, man throws punch that kills another man

One man is dead and another is in jail after an argument about noise at a Woods Cross motel.

Ross Alan Latham, 31, was booked into the Davis County Jail for investigation of manslaughter after he punched an Arizona man, who later died from his injuries.

According to police, both Latham and Tilman Bitsoie, 45, were staying at the Intown Suites at 635 S. 700 West on Monday. Bitsoie was in the hallway talking on his phone when Latham began “yelling at the victim to keep it down,” police said.

Later, when Bitsoie went outside, “he was again confronted” by Latham, who was “threatening to fight him.