Woman bludgeoned landlord to death after forging cheques from him to pay gambling debts

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READ MORE: Woman terrified after finding two beheaded corpses in middle of road on school run A press release by Newton Police Department, which investigated the incident, said: "The preliminary investigation revealed that the defendant had allegedly been forging checks from the victim’s accounts and had allegedly stolen over $40,000,” the press release said.“When the victim became aware of the theft, he confronted the defendant and she allegedly struck and killed him and then attempted to hide the body."Police reviewed financial records and surveillance footage from Mr.

Garber’s home that allegedly showed an Asian female, later identified as [Ke], entering the victim’s home in the days prior to his body being located.”The police says it was contacted by Garber's family who reported him missing on Monday (September 26), saying they hadn't heard from him in more than a week.Officers went to the man's home to conduct a wellness check, but couldn't find Garber.The family then contacted police again the next day, prompting officers to carry out two more wellness checks.Officers found nothing during the first check but at around 3pm local time on Tuesday, September 27, they entered the residence to find Garber's body "wrapped in a curtain, under construction materials and under several other heavy items," according to a press release issued by the department.Police said it seemed that Garber's body may have been hidden there for more than a day and said his body "had been placed in such a way as to conceal it."Investigators then learned Garber had recently been "spending time with a female former tenant," who it was soon discovered was Ke.In court on Wednesday (September 28), prosecutors said Ke, who was also Garber's.