Arrest In Wilkes-Barre Homicide

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Wilkes-Barre, PA – Seconds after a preliminary hearing on a robbery charge late Tuesday morning, Luzerne County detectives and city police arrested Lamar Curry-Davis, 19, for the fatal shooting of Eduardo Daniel Madera last month.

Curry-Davis, of Cleveland, Ohio, was in court before District Judge Rick Cronauer on a charge he robbed another man on Park Avenue on Nov. 23. While his attorney was arguing for a bail reduction, authorities advised Cronauer that Curry-Davis was being arrested for the killing of Madera.

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Apparent Homicide In Wilkes-Barre

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WILKES-BARRE, PA— Authorities are considering the death of Eduardo Daniel Madera a homicide, pending a formal autopsy scheduled for this afternoon.

If the autopsy turns out as expected, the city’s murder count for 2013 rises to 12 in just over 10 months. No one has been charged as of Wednesday night in connection with the death.

Identification papers indicate Madera, 46, moved to the house at 320 Northampton St. from Kansas City, Mo., and Luzerne County’s acting Coronor William Lisman said he had been living there for a few months.

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