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Murdered Arizona woman leaves behind 2 small children as husband heads to prison for murder
Family and friends of Arizona mother Kelly Paduchowski are speaking out after her husband admitted to her murder following a weeks-long search for her.
“Dear Friends, I’ve not been active on Facebook for many years, but I’m here now so that people who knew my twin sister Kelly Paduchowski when she was young may know of her passing and the profound effect it has had on me and our family. And the whole city of Flagstaff,” Kelly’s twin sister, Lindsey McFall, wrote in a post.
“To everyone who has sent me your love and support: I feel it, I need it, and I deeply appreciate it. Thank you.”
According to a GoFundMe page, Kelly leaves behind two young children, 7 and 9.
ARIZONA MISSING WOMAN’S HUSBAND CONFESSES TO HER MURDER DAYS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE
Daniel Paduchowski reported wife Kelly missing in the Flagstaff area last week, but days later confessed to police and pleaded guilty to killing her, officials said Friday. (Lindsey McFall via Facebook)
The funds will go toward her children’s child care costs and education expenses, according to the donation page.
“The community has come together, and we want to thank everyone who was involved in searching for Kelly when she was assumed missing and all who have shown and expressed their support and love for Kelly and her family,” the post continued.
Daniel Paduchowski, 58, Kelly’s husband, told police June 30 his wife, Kelly, 45, never returned from a run and a swim in what the Flagstaff Police Department said in a press conference Friday was an “attempt to misdirect police resources.”
He was arrested Monday for aggravated assault, and his wife’s remains were found Friday morning following a nearly week-long search effort.
MISSING ARIZONA WOMAN’S BODY FOUND DAYS AFTER HUSBAND ARRESTED
Daniel Paduchowski confessed to police that he murdered his wife, Kelly, in Flagstaff, Ariz. She leaves behind two young children. (GoFundMe/Kelly Paduchowski)
“Daniel Paduchowski pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, concealment of a dead body and possession of dangerous drugs,” Michael Tunink, senior criminal attorney at the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, said Friday.
Tunink said the plea deal requires Paduchowski to serve a 16-year prison term in Arizona, “which is the presumptive sentence for second-degree murder under Arizona law,” adding that he won’t be eligible for early release “of any kind.”
“As part of that agreement, the defendant provided information leading us to Kelly Paduchowski, the deceased victim,” including her phone, keys and the murder weapon, Tunink said.
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Daniel and Kelly Paduchowski (Coconino County Sheriff’s Office/Flagstaff Police Department)
Friends and former colleagues of Kelly took to social media, all in shock at her violent death.
“My last meaningful conversation with Kelly was a week ago, Thursday. I told her I’d bring her my homemade laundry detergent for her to try. It’s still in my car,” Robin Cook, a friend and colleague of Kelly, wrote in a post.
“I knew Kelly from Sambatuque and her solar company. I live on the southern end of the same street…So many people in town are concerned about you (Lindsay McFall), her kids, and all of the family. It’s been a community trauma,” Bonnie Feather, a neighbor of Kelly and Daniel, wrote.
“This is obviously a monumental tragedy for Kelly’s family and her loved ones,” Tunink said during a press conference Friday. “We’ve been in close communication with Kelly’s family throughout this process about this resolution, which we pursued to bring finality in a situation that has weighed heavily on this community.”
The Coconino County District Attorney’s Office told Fox News Digital that no further information is available at this time because the investigation is ongoing.
Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
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L.A. Tenants Union trying to save business owner given eviction notice ‘without reason or discussion’
The Los Angeles Tenants Union (LATU) is trying to save a Highland Park business after they say the owner was given 60 days notice to vacate “without any reason or discussion.”
The tenants union says that Junior’s Discount Party Supply, has been owned by Silvia Flores for 20 years and that the store, located on York Boulevard, is “known and loved by thousands of community members who utilize her crucial services for party rentals, general household items and to send money transfers.”
“Her legacy small business has been successful and has supported her family,” LATU says.
That legacy is now at risk, however, as LATU says the building was purchased this past month, meaning Flores and four neighboring businesses were issued 60-day eviction notices.
“[The] 60-day eviction notice [terminates] her tenancy of two decades without reason or discussion,” LATU said in a statement tied to a petition to keep the store open. “Silvia has not violated any clause of her lease nor has she fallen behind on rent payments. In fact, the new property owner has not even introduced himself to the woman who he intends to uproot from her business and the community.”
LATU listed the new owner as Dr. Donald Abrahm and his real estate investment company AEA Investments VIII, LLC. They also said that the idea of pushing out “legacy businesses without a care for people or neighborhood[s]” is nothing new.
“In addition to causing Silvia, a low-income immigrant mother and grandmother, to lose her livelihood, this eviction will further accelerate gentrification in Highland Park. This is just one example of a war on commercial tenants,” the union said. “Displacement of tenants, whether residential or commercial, is an issue that too many of us have faced and we refuse to be complicit. Although this eviction is technically legal, it is unjust and inhumane.”
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