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N.J. murder suspect arrested in Raleigh

Raleigh police arrested a man Friday suspected in the murder of a New Jersey woman beaten to death in her apartment.
Posted 2008-05-04T17:27:38+00:00 - Updated 2008-05-05T19:08:43+00:00
Demetrius M. Diaz-Bridges

A man suspected in the homicide of a New Jersey woman who was found beaten to death in her apartment.

Demetrius M. Diaz-Bridges, 19, faces charges in connection with a Jan. 30 homicide, police say.

The only homicide that occurred in Jefferson, N.J., that day was that of Elizabeth O'Brien, a 49-year-old mother of two, according to the Parsippany, N.J., Daily Record.

Diaz-Bridges was being held Sunday in the Wake County Jail without bond. He was awaiting extradition to New Jersey.

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