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Suspect in Yarmolenko murder dies

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Staff

The man suspected in the 2008 murder of Irina Yarmolenko died last week, a day before he was to go on trial for the killing.

Neal Cassada, 55, of Mount Holly died at his home of natural causes, his lawyer said. Cassada’s cousin, Mark Carver of Gastonia, is still awaiting trial in the case.

Yarmolenko, a Chapel Hill High School graduate who went on to attend UNC-Charlotte, was found dead near the Catawba River in May 2008. Investigators determined she had been strangled. She was 20 years old.

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