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Home health aide charged with killing woman she cared for, authorities say
Posted May 11, 2020
The stabbing death of an Elizabeth woman last month was committed by a home health aide caring for the victim, police and prosecutors said Monday.
Elizabeth police officers found Anna M. Pollard, 62, dead inside her home in the 200 block of Front Street in Elizabeth on April 13. She’d been stabbed multiple times, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and Elizabeth police said in a statement.
Authorities did not publicly announce Pollard’s killing until Monday.
An investigation by city and county investigators identified Myrlande Dornelus, 41, as the suspect, and on Friday they arrested her on murder and related weapon possession charges. Pollard was a patient of Dornelus', the office said.
The office did not provide a suspected motive for Pollard’s murder, or say how exactly Dornelus came to be her home health aide.
Dornelus has been a New Jersey-certified home health aide since March of 2007, her license is active and she has no disciplinary actions as of 2010, the last year they are available online, state records show.
Home health aide charged with killing woman she cared for, authorities say
Posted May 11, 2020
The stabbing death of an Elizabeth woman last month was committed by a home health aide caring for the victim, police and prosecutors said Monday.
Elizabeth police officers found Anna M. Pollard, 62, dead inside her home in the 200 block of Front Street in Elizabeth on April 13. She’d been stabbed multiple times, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and Elizabeth police said in a statement.
Authorities did not publicly announce Pollard’s killing until Monday.
An investigation by city and county investigators identified Myrlande Dornelus, 41, as the suspect, and on Friday they arrested her on murder and related weapon possession charges. Pollard was a patient of Dornelus', the office said.
The office did not provide a suspected motive for Pollard’s murder, or say how exactly Dornelus came to be her home health aide.
Dornelus has been a New Jersey-certified home health aide since March of 2007, her license is active and she has no disciplinary actions as of 2010, the last year they are available online, state records show.