Sunday, May 30, 2010

Topeka, KS: Topeka man to face capital murder in death of girlfriend

By Associated Press
6:37 AM CDT, May 28, 2010
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has been charged with capital murder and rape in the death of his girlfriend.

Shawnee County prosecutors on Thursday charged 55-year-old James Philip Carnoali with capital murder, an alternative of first-degree murder, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy.

He is accused of sexually assualting and killing 44-year-old Terri Lynn Nadeau on March 27, 2009, at the couple's apartment.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Carnoali's trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 7.

Nadeau is the third woman who died while living with Carnoali in the past eight years. Topeka police are investigating the past cases.

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