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June 26, 2008

Shooting victim had been introduced as tenant's girlfriend

PAWTUCKET -- A woman found dead in a Pawtucket apartment last night was a frequent visitor and had been introduced as the girlfriend of the man who lived there, the owner of the building said today.

At about 9:50 last night, building owner Jacinta Fernandes was at a baseball game with her son, she said, when she got a call from neighbors telling her she might want to come home, because there were police cars all over the place.

When she returned to her house at 14 Reservoir Ave., Fernandes said, the body was still in the basement apartment and she wasn’t allowed in.

The police say she was shot to death.

Fernandes said the woman, in her 20s, did not live there, but was a frequent visitor and had been introduced as the boyfriend of the man who lived there. Fernandes gave his name only as “Johnny.”

Fernandes said he was friendly and had been staying in the basement apartment since the end of March.

She asked her neighbors what had happened, but they said they didn’t hear anything. “Everybody’s in shock,” Fernandes said.

Tonight, members of her church are going to spend the night with her.

No one has been arrested in the shooting, police are still investigating.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer John Castellucci

Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson  at 2:18 PM | Permalink

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