“Man accused in double homicide to be arraigned tonight”
“Police discovered the body of 90-year-old Katerine Aubain in Clayville late Monday night. Some of the dismembered remains of the second victim,
87-year-old Jane Wentka, previously had been found in her residence Sunday. Other remains were found nearby on Albany Street.
Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara said prosecutors intended to
arraign Naythen Aubain on two counts of first-degree murder Tuesday evening, just a few hours after he was released from a local hospital. But many questions still surround the case — including how long the two women had been dead before they were discovered.
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Upon entering the home [on Tilden Avenue], police found the the partial, dismembered body of the Aubains' landlord, Wentka, in the ground-floor apartment where she lived, said Sgt. Michael Curley of the Utica Police Department.
‘Police found body parts of Wentka inside her apartment, and her torso and head were found along Albany Street,’ McNamara said regarding how the investigation progressed.
Katerine Aubain initially was reported missing, but by Monday night, authorities announced that they believed they had found her dismembered remains in a shallow grave along the 2000 block of Oneida Street in Clayville at a small park area where electric power equipment sits.
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Police say an initial assessment suggests both women were stabbed.
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According to state Department of Corrections information, an individual of the same name and age as Naythen Aubain previously served a five-year sentence in Auburn Correctional Facility for a second-degree robbery conviction.
I’m February 2018, Aubain was charged with Second-degree harassment and criminal obstruction of breathing stemming from an incident with his grandmother, Curley confirmed. His case was transferred to a mental health court.
Looking toward the future, McNamara said he expects Naythen Aubain will attempt a psychiatric defense to his murder charges.
‘We'll have to hire a forensic psychiatrist to analyze the entire thing,’ he added.
[SC, who lives two doors down from the crime scene] remembered both Wentka and Katerine Aubain.
‘She was always a hard worker,’ Corabi said of the former. ‘She would be out there in her yard working.’
She remembered Aubain as a woman who took care of her grandson. ‘She was such a nice lady. She did everything for him,’ she
said.” (BBM)
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