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Arrest in Allentown Murder
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN ALLENTOWN'S 18TH HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR. POLICE SAY CICELA SANTIAGO WAS KILLED BY THE MAN SHE LIVED WITH. W-F-M-Z'S BRITTANY WESTBROOK IS LIVE IN ALLENTOWN WITH THE FULL STORY.
WENDY AND JACIEL,
THIS STARTED OUT AS A MISSING PERSON REPORT, A WOMAN GOING OUT TO WALK HER DOG AND NEVER MAKING IT HOME.
NOW, THANKS TO THAT DOG, HER ACCUSED MURDERER IS BEHIND BARS.
BRITTANY WESTBROOK:
33 YEAR OLD JAMES MARTIN CALLED POLICE AT 2 A-M WEDNESDAY TO REPORT HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND CICELA SANTIAGO MISSING.
Manescu:
"he reported her missing ...evening
WESTBROOK:
AN OFFICER WHO HEARD THE MISSING REPORT, RECALLED SEEING A
WHITE PITBULL FRANTICALLY SNIFFING AROUND A DUMPSTER IN THE LIBERTY SHOPPING CENTER.
PUTTING THE INCIDENTS TOGETHER, HE WENT BACK TO THAT DUMPSTER AND MADE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.
Manescu:
"he went back to that area, inside a dumpster."
WESTBROOK:
ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, SHE'D BEEN STRANGLED TO DEATH.
POLICE SEARCHED THE SCENE, TAKING IN THE DUMPSTER AS EVIDENCE.
A FEW HOURS LATER, JUST AFTER SEVEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, POLICE SWARMED THE HOME MARTIN AND SANTIAGO SHARED IN THE 12 HUNDRED BLOCK OF UNION, JUST EIGHT BLOCKS FROM WHERE THEY FOUND SANTIAGO'S BODY.
THEY TOOK MARTIN INTO CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH HER MURDER.
Manescu:"to make an arrest, good police work."
MARTIN IS BEING HELD IN LEHIGH COUNTY PRISON WITHOUT BAIL.
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR SANTIAGO'S WH
ITE
PITB
ULL WHO LEAD POLICE TO HER BODY.
http://wfmz.com/cgi-bin/tt.cgi?action=view...y&storyid=10286
Arrest in Allentown Murder
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN ALLENTOWN'S 18TH HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR. POLICE SAY CICELA SANTIAGO WAS KILLED BY THE MAN SHE LIVED WITH. W-F-M-Z'S BRITTANY WESTBROOK IS LIVE IN ALLENTOWN WITH THE FULL STORY.
WENDY AND JACIEL,
THIS STARTED OUT AS A MISSING PERSON REPORT, A WOMAN GOING OUT TO WALK HER DOG AND NEVER MAKING IT HOME.
NOW, THANKS TO THAT DOG, HER ACCUSED MURDERER IS BEHIND BARS.
BRITTANY WESTBROOK:
33 YEAR OLD JAMES MARTIN CALLED POLICE AT 2 A-M WEDNESDAY TO REPORT HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND CICELA SANTIAGO MISSING.
Manescu:
"he reported her missing ...evening
WESTBROOK:
AN OFFICER WHO HEARD THE MISSING REPORT, RECALLED SEEING A
WHITE PITBULL FRANTICALLY SNIFFING AROUND A DUMPSTER IN THE LIBERTY SHOPPING CENTER.
PUTTING THE INCIDENTS TOGETHER, HE WENT BACK TO THAT DUMPSTER AND MADE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.
Manescu:
"he went back to that area, inside a dumpster."
WESTBROOK:
ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, SHE'D BEEN STRANGLED TO DEATH.
POLICE SEARCHED THE SCENE, TAKING IN THE DUMPSTER AS EVIDENCE.
A FEW HOURS LATER, JUST AFTER SEVEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, POLICE SWARMED THE HOME MARTIN AND SANTIAGO SHARED IN THE 12 HUNDRED BLOCK OF UNION, JUST EIGHT BLOCKS FROM WHERE THEY FOUND SANTIAGO'S BODY.
THEY TOOK MARTIN INTO CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH HER MURDER.
Manescu:"to make an arrest, good police work."
MARTIN IS BEING HELD IN LEHIGH COUNTY PRISON WITHOUT BAIL.
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR SANTIAGO'S WH
ITE
PITB
ULL WHO LEAD POLICE TO HER BODY.
http://wfmz.com/cgi-bin/tt.cgi?action=view...y&storyid=10286