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Montpelier
Man Accused of Murdering his Pregnant Wife Arrested in Bear Lake County
Posted: Feb 2, 2010 10:46 AM

A Montpelier, Idaho man is behind bars today for allegedly killing his pregnant wife back in April 2005 in North Carolina.

Law enforcement located Raven Abaroa, 30, inside his Montpelier home yesterday afternoon. Montpelier Police Chief Greg Butler says the arrest was a joint effort between multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Durham, North Carolina, the Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office and Montpelier Police.

 

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http://www.indyweekblogs.com/triang...usband-arrested-in-janet-abaroas-2005-murder/

Former husband arrested in Janet Abaroa’s 2005 murder

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After a nearly five-year investigation, Durham police have charged Raven Abaroa, 30, with the 2005 stabbing death of his wife Janet in their Durham rental home. Janet Abaroa, who was 25 at the time, was pregnant with the couple’s second child when she was killed April 26, 2005.


According to a Durham police news release, Raven Abaroa was arrested at his Montpelier, Idaho, home without incident. He is being held in the Caribou County, Idaho, jail and is awaiting extradition to North Carolina.


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http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_...rged-in-2005-cold-case?instance=homefirstleft

Husband charged in 2005 cold case

From staff reports

DURHAM — Durham police have charged Raven Abaroa with killing his pregnant 25-year-old wife, Janet Abaroa.

The arrest comes almost five years after April 25, 2005, when Raven Abaroa called 911 to report finding his wife’s body in an upstairs bedroom at their home at 2606 Ferrand Drive in Durham. Raven Abaroa told investigators that he had been playing soccer while Janet Abaroa was home with their 6-month-old son, Kaiden.

“This arrest is the result of hard and tenacious work by our investigators and a strong partnership with the FBI and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Investigators continued to follow leads and never gave up,” Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez told WTVD on Monday.

Janet Abaroa was stabbed twice; an autopsy indicated that a wound to her neck probably killed her, but noted the stab wound to her chest could also have been fatal. The autopsy also revealed that she was in the early stages of pregnancy.

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http://***********.blogspot.com/2010/02/raven-abarora-arrested-for-murder.html
Raven Abarora Arrested for Murder

Raven Abarora was arrested without incident last night for the murder of his wife, Janet Abarora. Janet was stabbed to death in their home in 2005. To read my original thoughts on this case, click on the label below.

 

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http://www.crimeslam.com/2010/02/raven-abaroa-arrested-for-murder-of.html

The man who once bragged to an acquaintance about being Internet famous due to his status as the prime suspect in his wife's murder has been arrested at his home in Idaho. Raven Abaroa is now awaiting extradition back to North Carolina to face the charge that he murdered his wife, Janet Christiansen Abaroa, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Until April 26, 2005, Raven Abaroa was an everyday, workplace sociopath, embezzling from employers and charming everyone around him into believing he was way too nice a guy to ever do anything as horrible as murder. Then on that April day his wife Janet was brutally murdered in the home the couple shared on Ferrand Drive in Durham, NC. To me and most of the folks discussing the case online, it seemed blatantly obvious from the beginning that the one and only logical suspect was Raven Abaroa. He was already accused of criminal behavior and Janet was pregnant with their second child at the time of the murder. It didn't help Raven that he'd once posted strange videos online where he demonstrated a knife he'd received for a holiday gift and stated in a low voice that he "liked... knives."

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http://www.crimeslam.com/2010/02/raven-abaroa-arrested-for-murder-of.html

 

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http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6947025/

Abaroa awaits extradition for wife's death

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Posted: 24 minutes ago

Durham, N.C. — Raven Abaroa, 30, had his first appearance in court Tuesday on charges he killed his wife almost five years ago.

Durham police arrested Abaroa Monday at his Montpelier, Idaho, home and charged him with the April 2005 murder of Janet Christiansen Abaroa, 25.

More at link:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6947025/

 

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http://www.kidk.com/news/local/83364392.html
Montpelier man arrested for allegedly killing his pregnant wife in North Carolina
By Wes Horrocks

MONTPELIER - A local man is behind bars accused of killing his pregnant wife in North Carolina nearly five years ago.

Raven Abaroa,30, is being held in the Caribou County Jail without bond waiting for extradition.

Abaroa allegedly stabbed his wife Janet to death in April 2005.

His 6-month-old son who was also in the home was uninjured.

Abaroa told officers he found his wife dead after he came home from playing an indoor soccer game.

Montpelier Police were assisted by the Durham Police, FBI Task Force, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations, Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office, and Southeast Idaho Special Tactics and Response Team.

*More at above link.

 

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N.C. Murder Suspect Arrested in Idaho
Posted: Feb 2, 2010 11:52 AM
Updated: Feb 2, 2010 01:31 PM

MONTPEILIER – A murder suspect from North Carolina was arrested Tuesday in his Montpelier home, confirmed the Montpelier Police Department.

Raven Abaroa, 30, is accused of killing his pregnant wife in April 2005 in their Durham, N.C., home. He has been charged with first degree murder, reports ABC News.

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7253260
Raven Abaroa fighting extradition

DURHAM (WTVD) -- Investigators arrested Raven Abaroa on Monday and charged him in connection with the April 2005 murder of his wife, Janet Abaroa.

Janet Abaroa, 25 and in the early stages of pregnancy, was stabbed to death inside her home on Ferrand Drive in Durham on April 26, 2005.
Raven Abaroa, 30, was arrested at his home in Montpelier, Idaho without incident Monday.

He has been placed in an Idaho jail without bond.
He refused extradition during his first court appearance Tuesday in Idaho. Durham police say they will fight to bring Raven Abaroa back to the Bull City.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/317479.html

Durham murder suspect refuses extradition

Raven Abaroa, charged in Idaho on Monday with killing his wife inside their Durham home in 2005, refused extradition back to North Carolina on Tuesday.

This means it will take a little longer for authorities to bring Abaroa back to Durham. His extradition hearing will be Feb. 17.

Monday's arrest comes almost five years after Janet Abaroa, 25, was found stabbed to death inside the couple’s Ferrand Drive home April 26, 2005. She was pregnant, and their son, then 6 months old, was found nearby uninjured.

Janet Abaroa's had picked up her son from daycare, dropped off her car at a repair shop and met with a church member at the couple's home before Raven Abaroa left to play soccer at about 8:30 p.m., police said.

He reported finding his wife's body when he returned at about 11 p.m. There were no signs of a break-in, but a laptop was reported missing from the home.

Family members, through a written statement on a tribute site to Janet Abaroa, noted that North Carolina does not prosecute for the murder of an unborn child.


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Accused Murderer Refuses Extradition to North Carolina
Posted: Feb 2, 2010 10:46 AM

By: Ty Brennan
A Montpelier, Idaho man is refusing to be extradited to North Carolina where he faces charges for allegedly murdering his pregnant wife back in April 2005.

Raven Abaroa, 30, made his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon at the Bear Lake County Courthouse. Abaroa told Judge Brower he did not want to be extradited. Now it's up to law enforcement to secure a Governor's Warrant which would allow them to transport Abaroa to North Carolina.

Law enforcement located Abaroa Monday afternoon, inside his Montpelier home. Montpelier Police Chief Greg Butler says the arrest was a joint effort between multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Durham, North Carolina, the Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office and Montpelier Police.

Chief Butler would not comment on how authorities pin-pointed Abaroa's location to Montpelier. He is being held without bond at the Caribou County Sheriff's Office waiting extradition back to North Carolina where he will face murder charges.

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http://www.news-examiner.net/?p=411

Abaroa refuses extradition

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
By Rosa Moosman


Ravin Samuel Abaroa refused extradition during a hearing in Bear Lake District Court, Magistrate’s Division. Abaroa appeared before Magistrate Judge Lynn Brower about 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2.


He had been arrested at his home in Montpelier the previous day on a warrant for first degree murder out of North Carolina. Abaroa walked out of his home into the arms of the Southeast Idaho SWAT team. There was no incident in relation to the arrest. Police searched his person and his home.


To achieve extradition the governor of North Carolina will issue a warrant and send it Idaho Governor Butch Otter. Until that is done Abaroa remains in custody of the Bear Lake County Sheriff. He is being held without bond.


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VIDEO: (Shows him going to Court!)

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=7253665

DURHAM (WTVD) -- Investigators arrested Raven Abaroa on Monday and charged him in connection with the April 2005 murder of his wife, Janet Abaroa.

Janet Abaroa, 25 and in the early stages of pregnancy, was stabbed to death inside her Durham home on April 26, 2005.

Raven Abaroa, 30, was arrested at his home in Montpelier, Idaho without incident Monday and charged with her death.

He has been placed in an Idaho jail without bond.


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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7253260

 

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Suspect in killing to fight extradition

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Family members, on a tribute site to Janet Abaroa, noted that North Carolina does not prosecute for the murder of an unborn child.

The issue was debated in the Triangle after the 2007 killings of Ebony Robinson, who was eight months pregnant when she was shot to death outside Hillsborough, and Jenna Nielsen, who was almost nine months pregnant when her body was found behind a Raleigh convenience store.
"It needs to be understood that in many murder cases that involve an unborn child, the motivation of ending that unborn child's life is the primary driving force to commit the murder of the mother," the family said on the site, www.tearsforjanet.com. "The state of North Carolina needs to recognize and accept this by passing the fetal homicide law."

In a telephone interview, Janet Abaroa's sister expressed some relief.
The investigation has been "a hot case, then a cold case, then a hot case," Dena Kendall said. "An arrest is great, but we need a conviction," she said. "It's not over until there's a conviction."
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Murder arrest: Montpelier man accused of killing wife in N. Carolina
Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:05 am | Updated: .
By Debbie Bryce [email protected] | 0 comments

PARIS — Raven Samuel Abaroa, a Montpelier man accused in the stabbing death of his wife, Janet, five years ago, refused extradition to North Carolina during a hearing Tuesday in Bear Lake County.

Abaroa, 30, was arrested at his Montpelier home Monday on a warrant for first-degree murder from North Carolina.

Charges were filed following a five-year long investigation by state, federal and local law enforcement. Friends and family of the victim said the arrest is the first step to justice.

Bear Lake County Magistrate Lynn Brower set an extradition hearing for 2 p.m., Feb. 17, and Abaroa asked that a public defender be appointed in his case.

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http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/blogpost/6961793/

Husbands' Arrests Kick off 2010 Posted: Feb. 4, 2010 11:51 a.m.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2010 11:51 a.m.

What a year 2010 is shaping up to be. We’ve already seen two major developments involving unsolved murders in our area: the arrests of Jason Young and now Raven Abaroa. Both cases involve husbands accused of murdering their pregnant wives.

While the legal process has a long way to go in both cases, the arrests of these two men bring an enormous amount of satisfaction to the victims’ friends and families. Speculation swirled about these two men from the start, and everyone with a computer was offering their opinions in chat rooms and web logs since the crimes. Talk of the crimes took on a life of its own. News of the arrests has done the same.

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http://www.abc4.com/content/news/to...h-Carolina-murder/XXWTAqfVo0in_zlBv5kJzw.cspx

Found this link online and thought I'd share it.

 

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This is the story of the above link:

SANDY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – A five year old mystery murder in North Carolina lead to the arrest of a Sandy City man.

Raven Abaroa was arrested in Idaho. He’s accused of murdering his wife Janet, five years ago in North Carolina.

The Murder remained unsolved until new evidence lead North Carolina Authorities to Idaho where they arrested Abaroa.

Abaroa who grew up in Sandy City even married a West Jordan woman following the death of his first wife.

Vanessa Pond told ABC 4 that it was a marriage that was doomed from the beginning.

“He was frightening. He would yell and curse me out and it started getting a lot worse.”

Pond claims that from the honeymoon until three months later, when they divorced, she was yelled at every day.

“He was screaming at me and pushing me around. He even threw me up against threw all and I fell to the ground and he tried to convince me that I tripped.”

But now Aborea is under arrest for a North Carolina murder involving his first wife Janet.

Pond knew about Janet’s death in 2005. Abaroa told her all about it.

“He lied down on the bed next to me and started cuddling up to me and talking about how mad he was after Janet died, not sad, brokenhearted or anything like that but he just expressed anger and then he cuddled up to me and promised me ‘I’ll never hurt you.’”

This afternoon Pond met with Janet’s family who are in Utah. They’re here to check on the welfare of Raven and Janet’s son. They always felt Abaroa was responsible for Janet’s death and wouldn’t let the case die.

Abaroa remains jailed in Idaho and is fighting against extradition to North Carolina

 

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Fetal homicide debate revisited

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/322968.html
BY STANLEY B. CHAMBERS JR. - Staff Writer
This week's arrest of a man charged with stabbing his pregnant wife to death in 2005 has reignited an issue that one state legislator hopes will pick up new momentum.

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The issue was debated in the Triangle after the 2006 slaying of Michelle Young, who was found beaten to death in her Wake County home; and the 2007 killings of Ebony Robinson, who was eight months pregnant when she was shot to death outside Hillsborough; and Jenna Nielsen, almost nine months pregnant when her body was found behind a Raleigh convenience store.

It was discussed again last year after Camp Lejeune Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, eight months pregnant, was found buried in a Jacksonville backyard.

At least 38 states have fetal homicide laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. North Carolina's law states that a person can receive extra jail time if a crime committed on a pregnant woman leads to miscarriage or stillbirth, but the suspect would not be charged with killing the unborn baby.

State Rep. Pat McElraft, a Carteret County Republican, hopes Monday's arrest renews attention to the issue. She co-sponsored two House bills during the last legislative session, Ethen's Law and The Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which in such instances would add a murder charge for such crimes.

Both bills were referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where they have yet to be heard. Legislators fear the debate will turn into a pro-life, pro-choice issue, said Mc Elraft, who thinks both bills would pass if heard on the House floor. She's considering pushing the bills again later this year.

 

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http://www.abc4.com/content/news/to...h-Carolina-murder/XXWTAqfVo0in_zlBv5kJzw.cspx

Found this link online and thought I'd share it.

This has video now!

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/to...h-Carolina-murder/XXWTAqfVo0in_zlBv5kJzw.cspx