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Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty in Beating Death of 93 YO Omaha Woman

Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez

(AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the beating death and rape of a 93-year-old Omaha woman.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Friday that he plans to seek the death penalty for 19-year-old Sergio Martinez-Perez.

Martinez-Perez is being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree sexual assault and burglary in the attack last month on Louise Sollowin, who died from her injuries three days after the attack.

Police say officers found Martinez-Perez naked and passed out on top of the elderly woman. Authorities believe Martinez-Perez was drunk when he entered the home through an unlocked door.

Authorities say Martinez-Perez is in the country illegally and had been in Omaha working as a roofer at the time of the attack.

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