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September 1, 2006

Funeral held for 3rd victim of Central Falls shooting

PAWTUCKET -- About 250 people attended Elizabeth "Betty" Orellana's funeral today, the Central Falls mother of five who was shot to death two weeks ago inside her apartment.

Friends, family and supporters came to today's Mass at St. Anthony Church, a stucco building on Lawn Avenue. Orellana’s surviving daughters, a 15-year-old, 16-year-old twins and a 17-year-old, wore black slacks and black T-shirts that said "RIP Mommy."

Orellana, 37, of Central Falls, her 20-year-old daughter and a friend were shot in the head in the violent episode. She died in the hospital last Friday, the last of the three to die. Orellana's ex-boyfirend Adelino Duarte, 38, has been charged with three counts of murder and is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending a bail hearing Sept. 7.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina

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