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Elderly Woman Murdered In July, Her Grandnephew Charged In September
posted (September 13, 2023)
Yesterday, it was reported that a 19-year-old had been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman. However, when we checked our archives, we couldn't find reports of that incident. That's because it was never reported as a murder, and was simply labeled as a death investigation. But tonight we can tell you that the postmortem done on the body of 79-year-old Juliana Rhys revealed that she had been stabbed in the neck on the morning of July 5th. And police have since arrested and charged 19-year-old Essein Jabari Castillo for her murder.

Reports also suggest that the suspect and the victim may be related. Those reports say she is his grand aunt.

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