Ex-boyfriend charged in woman's death
DURHAM -- Police have charged a man with killing his former girlfriend, who was found in her North Durham apartment last week.
Silvestre Alvarad Chaves, 25, of Liberty Street was arrested Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn., on unrelated charges, Durham police said Monday. Chaves was in Tennessee on Monday.
He is accused of killing Crystal Gigliotti, 21, who was found in an apartment at 4524 Newby Drive, near Horton Road and North Duke Street, shortly before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police have not disclosed how Gigliotti was killed, but said from the beginning they thought she knew her attacker.
Police said Chaves was not the father of a child who was found in the apartment unharmed.
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A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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