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(NewsNation) — A handyman suspected of sidesplitting a pistillate successful Washington authorities was arrested successful the Los Angeles country Monday aft a astir weeklong manhunt, according to officials.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrested Alexander Lee Rogers, 51, aft his car was recovered successful the city, NewsNation affiliate KOIN reported.
Rogers is accused of fatally stabbing Dawn Peters, 64, and injuring her brother-in-law, 73-year-old Andrew Peters, connected Aug. 5 wrong their Longview, Washington, home.
Police credited a accidental postulation halt for the accelerated recognition of Rogers, who was captured connected assemblage camera footage the aforesaid time arsenic the stabbings, earlier the violence.
By cross-checking Ring camera footage from the country of the crime, constabulary identified Rogers arsenic the suspect, and the hunt began.
Dawn Peters' nephew, Stephen Butler, said Rogers was moving arsenic a handyman astatine the location earlier the attack.
Four household members lived determination — Andrew, Dawn, her hubby Dwayne, and her begetter Richard — and each were location erstwhile Rogers attacked, Butler said.
Butler said helium and his household are searching for answers.
"To this precise second, we don’t cognize what prompted this to happen," helium said. "Everybody loved her. She took attraction of everybody, and she was a fantastic person."
Police person not disclosed a motive. Rogers is expected to beryllium extradited backmost to Washington state, though nary timeline has been made official.
