A man police were looking for in connection with the death of a 52-year-old woman in Akron last week has been found dead in California.
According to authorities, the suspect, Chester “Billy” Walker, 53, appears to have killed himself in Santa Monica.
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Walker, who had been deemed “armed and dangerous” by the U.S. Marshals Service had been on the run since being identified as the alleged killer of Twyla Pettiford on June 18.
