Police have arrested a New York woman in the murder of 23-year-old Kayla Hodgson in Tamarac last month, officials said Thursday.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, officers with the New York Police Department took 28-year-old Sakiyna Thompson into custody Wednesday in Springfield Gardens, Queens.
Broward officials obtained a warrant for Thompson’s arrest on July 25.
Deputies said that Thompson is expected to be extradited back to Broward County where she’ll face a charge of first-degree murder.
Thompson’s mugshot wasn’t immediately available Thursday. She was being held at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island, according to the New York City Department of Corrections.
Officials have not yet said how Hodgson was killed or released a motive for the crime, which happened in the afternoon hours of July 13 in the Tamarac Village apartments on Northwest 57th Street.
A friend of Hodgson described an agonizing wait for answers in her death in an interview last month.
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According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, officers with the New York Police Department took 28-year-old Sakiyna Thompson into custody Wednesday in Springfield Gardens, Queens.
Broward officials obtained a warrant for Thompson’s arrest on July 25.
Deputies said that Thompson is expected to be extradited back to Broward County where she’ll face a charge of first-degree murder.
Thompson’s mugshot wasn’t immediately available Thursday. She was being held at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island, according to the New York City Department of Corrections.
Officials have not yet said how Hodgson was killed or released a motive for the crime, which happened in the afternoon hours of July 13 in the Tamarac Village apartments on Northwest 57th Street.
A friend of Hodgson described an agonizing wait for answers in her death in an interview last month.
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