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http://www.wral.com/defense-reportedly-rejected-plea-deal-for-raven-abaroa/12398700/

"Prosecutors reportedly offered a plea deal to a man accused of killing his wife in their Durham home eight years ago, sources tell WRAL News."

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x1592155255/Witness-Abaroa-said-Janet-spoke-to-him-before-she-died

BY BETH VELLIQUETTE; bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6632

DURHAM —
Raven Abaroa told a member of his church that his wife, Janet, spoke to him before she died, according to testimony in his murder trial Friday.
Abaroa, 33, is standing trial for first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife, Janet Marie Christianson Abaroa, 25, on June 26, 2005.

 

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/03/2868978/friends-of-durham-woman-testify.html

Jeff Bickert, the husband of Janet Abaroa’s sister, Krista, talked with Janet often on the phone. He travelled to Durham on business in February 2005, and the Abaroas watched his new puppy at their home on Ferrand Drive while he was in town. He said he knew of the couple’s marital and financial problems from talking to Janet, including when they split up in 2004 after Raven’s infidelities.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/03/2868978/friends-of-durham-woman-testify.html#storylink=cpy

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x383678042/Abaroa-murder-trial-gets-underway

As he was getting ready to leave, "They embraced. She began to cry," Craig said.
Craig asked Abaroa why she was crying, and he said, she said, "I can't do this again."

 

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http://www.wral.com/witness-thought-janet-abaroa-committed-suicide/12409671/

DURHAM, N.C. — Some members of Raven and Janet Abaroa's Durham church initially thought that she killed herself on the night of April 26, 2005, a member of their church testified Friday in his first-degree murder trial.

"Janet Abaroa was often quiet and "submissive" when they were together, he added."

 

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http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/12422063/#/vid12422063

Janet Abaroa's friends paint picture of a troubled marriage

Friends and co-workers of Janet Abaroa described the troubled marriage she had with her husband Raven and some of their struggles in the months prior to her death.

 

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http://www.wral.com/janet-abaroa-was-scared-of-husband-friend-testifies/12420564/

Janet Abaroa was scared of husband, friend testifies

DURHAM, N.C. — A family friend of Janet Abaroa testified Tuesday during her husband's first-degree murder trial that the 25-year-old confided in her just months before her stabbing death that she was scared of him.

 

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=9093743

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http://www.wral.com/news/local/asset_gallery/12421967/

DURHAM, N.C. — Less than five months before Janet Abaroa was found dead in her Durham home in 2005, her husband had asked about life insurance policies of up to $1 million on both of them, a longtime friend of the couple testified Wednesday in Raven Abaroa's first-degree murder trial

http://www.wral.com/raven-abaroa-asked-about-life-insurance-policy-on-wife/12424080/

 

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9094778

DURHAM (WTVD) -- Testifying through tears Wednesday, Janet Abaroa's college friend told the jury about what she heard and saw during Janet's marriage to Raven Abaroa.

 

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Janet Abaroa wanted to leave, chose to stay, friends testify
May. 08, 2013 @ 07:13 PM
By Beth Velliquette bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6632

When Janet found out she was pregnant, she felt that she had to stay, Romito said.

"She told me her greatest fear was that her child would ever be alone with Raven," Romito said.

Under objections from Abaroa's attorney, Romito told a story that she attributed to Raven, about chasing a prowler away from their home in Virginia with a knife.

When she asked Raven Abaroa why he chased the prowler so far, Abaroa told her he was going to stab him to death.

 

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9096411

DURHAM (WTVD) -- The sister of Janet Abaroa shed tears on the witness stand Thursday. Sonja Flood told the jury why Janet stayed in her marriage to Raven Abaroa that may have claimed her life.

 

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/09/2883006/sister-of-slain-durham-woman-found.html

By Jane Porter — jporter@newsobserver.com

DURHAM — The sister of Janet Abaroa, the Durham woman fatally stabbed April 26, 2005, told jurors she found a CD copy of Raven Abaroa’s laptop hard drive that appeared to have been made the day before Janet Abaroa’s slaying.

Sonja Flood said she looked through Raven Abaroa’s bags when he was staying with her family in Virginia for a short time after her sister’s death because she thought he was not fully cooperating with the police investigation.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/09/2883006/sister-of-slain-durham-woman-found.html#storylink=cpy

 

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http://www.wral.com/expert-says-blood-evidence-inconsistent-with-abaroa-s-claims/12433782/

DURHAM, N.C. — Blood on Raven Abaroa's sweatshirt appeared to be inconsistent with a statement he made to police investigators that he hugged his wife after finding her balled up in an upstairs room of the couple's Durham home eight years ago.

 

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DURHAM (WTVD) -- Blood evidence was the main focus of testimony Friday in the Raven Abaroa murder trial.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9097987

 

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http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x3836...-struggle-when-Janet-Abaroa-was-attackedBlood spatter expert: No struggle when Janet Abaroa was attacked

May. 10, 2013 @ 05:13 PM
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 919-419-6632

DURHAM —
A blood spatter analyst testified Friday that the crime scene indicated there was no struggle when Janet Abaroa was stabbed to death.

Raven Abaroa, 33, is on trial in the Durham County Courthouse for first-degree murder in the death of his wife in 2005 at their home Ferrand Drive in Durham.

 

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http://www.wral.com/second-wife-testifies-of-physical-abuse-by-raven-abaroa/12439017/

Raven Abaroa's second wife testified Monday during his first-degree murder trial that he called her names and threw her against the wall on the day of her bridal shower – testimony that defense attorneys unsuccessfully argued to keep jurors from hearing.

 

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9100251

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A former coworker of Raven Abaroa's testified Monday that he pressured her into sex while on a trip to Charlotte.

 

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/14/2892645/jurors-in-abaroa-murder-trial.html

By Jane Porter

DURHAM — jporter@newsobserver.com

Jurors saw a home video Tuesday in which Raven Abaroa implies Durham police left a knife behind in the house where his wife was murdered eight years ago.

A police investigator who testified in Durham County Superior Court said that did not happen.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/14/2892645/jurors-in-abaroa-murder-trial.html#storylink=cpy

 

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http://www.wral.com/lead-detective-was-bothered-by-raven-abaroa-s-inconsistencies/12445497/

DURHAM, N.C. — A man on trial for killing his wife more than eight years ago videotaped phone conversations he had with police and then appeared to talk with himself on camera, according to a video that investigators seized from his home after his arrest.