Results of an autopsy revealed the cause of death to be loss of blood resulting from his arteries and veins having been slashed, police said
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Businesses did not use sign boards and solicited customers via the internet, police said
Suspect's first arrest took place after the mother of the victim in the first case tipped off police when her daughter failed to return home
Suspect falsely told the eldest daughter of a deceased 82-year-old man that she must pay to cover the post-mortem certificate
Suspect coaxed victim to a stairwell and then pulled out a knife
Suspect told police, 'I fled because I thought I would be caught'
First body was wrapped in a towel that had been placed in a closet; second was inside a plastic bag
Body of Aisha Kumi Balletta was found wrapped in a sheet at the side of a bed on October 18
Police searched five locations over a two-day period
Suspect allegedly grabbed his wife by the collar and slammed her down such that the back of her head struck the ground