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Man wanted for double killing in Maine arrested in Maryland

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Police say a man who was wanted for the killings of two people in Maine has been arrested.

Maine State Police said 34-year-old David Barnett, of Bristol, Connecticut, was arrested without incident in Rockville, Maryland, and will be held at the Montgomery County Jail pending extradition.

Barnett was wanted in the deaths of two Connecticut residents killed on June 6 at a home in Auburn, Maine. It was not known if Barnett had a lawyer.

Man killed by police after ‘butchering his family’ in Fairfax Co. identified

The man police fatally shot Monday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia, after he stabbed his wife, daughter and son-in-law has been identified as Chhatra Thapa, police said Wednesday. Chhatra, 54, fatally stabbed his 52-year-old wife Binda and 33-year-old daughter Mamta and was kneeling over his son-in-law stabbing him when a police officer intervened by shooting Chhatra. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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