Police and Prosecutor Tightlipped.
PHILIPSBURG:--- Police arrested the daughter of Eddie York who was murdered in December 2014 in his bed. According to information reaching SMN News police arrested the suspect some time on Thursday, however, both the police and prosecutor’s office is very tightlipped on the arrest.
Press Prosecutor Karola Van Nie said she could only confirm that an arrest was made but she could not give any details on the arrest as the investigation is currently ongoing.
While police made the arrest almost 10 months after the brutal murder of the elderly man who was shot to death in his bed in December it has been widely rumored that the suspect now in police custody is the one who masterminded her father’s murder. Relatives of the dead man said the suspect paid her nephew $1,000.00 to commit the gruesome crime. However, none of the information that are being rumored have been confirmed. The suspect in custody carry the initials J.Y.