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Hartford Man Charged in Roommate's Death
Juan Ayala, 48, is charged with murder after his roommate, John Dewees, 61, was stabbed Friday morning at a state halfway house on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford and died at a hospital.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A murder charge is the accusation state police made after the stabbing. Dewees is dead. That does not decide who held the knife.
Hartford police were called Friday morning to the Cheyney halfway house at 155 Wethersfield Avenue. State police say they got there about 11:15 a.m. after a report of a knife assault. John Dewees, 61, of Wethersfield, was taken to Hartford Hospital, where he died.
State police identified his roommate, Juan Ayala, 48, of Hartford, and arrested him on a murder charge. They say Ayala stabbed him. Ayala was held on a $2.5 million bond. He could not post it and was moved to Department of Correction custody. He is due in court on Nov. 16.
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