A man accused of strangling a 42-year-old woman to death nearly 20 years ago will remain behind bars.

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A 62-year-old man will be arraigned Thursday on a murder charge in connection with the killing of a 42-year-old woman who was found on the side of the road in Westport nearly 20 years ago, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced.Prosecutors say they linked Simao Farias to the killing of Suzanna Alvarado, a resident of New Bedford who was known to work as a sex worker, through a biological sample found on her shirt. Alvardo, 42, w…

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Mass. man charged in connection with 2005 killing of sex worker

A Massachusetts man has been indicted in a 2005 murder case after a forensic review of the case tied DNA found in the victim’s shirt to the suspect, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Simao Farias, 62, of New Bedford, was indicted by a Bristol County grand jury for the murder of Suzanna Alvarado, whose body was found on the side of Route 88 in Westport on Oct. 17, 2005. According to the DA, Alvarado had been beaten and…

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WESTPORT, Mass. (WPRI) — An arrest has been made in a nearly two-decade-old cold case in Westport, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. 
Suzanna Alvarado | Credit: Bristol County District Attorney's Office The DA's office said 62-year-old Simao Farias of New Bedford was arrested for the murder of 42-year-old Suzanna Alvarado. Back on Oct. 17, 2005, her body was found on the side of the road on Route 88. The DA's office sai…

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New Bedford man arrested in 2005 cold case murder

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — Police have arrested a suspect in a 2005 Westport cold case murder, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office. Simao Farias, 62, of New Bedford, was arrested after being indicted Wednesday by the Bristol County Grand Jury and will be arraigned in Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River Thursday. The body of 42-year-old Suzanna Alvarado, of New Bedford, was found on the side of Route 88 in Westport…

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An arrest has been made in a local cold case murder.



According to Jennifer Sowa of the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, on October 17, 2005, the body of 42-year-old Suzanna Alvarado was discovered on the side of the road on Rt. 88 in Westport, Mass.  The medical examiner determined that

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Bristol County DA announces arrest in cold case murder of Suzanna Alvarado found dead in Westport

A man from Massachusetts has been charged in a murder case in 2005 after a forensic review of the case linked the DNA found in the victim’s shirt to the suspect, said the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Wednesday. Simao Farias, 62, from New Bedford, was charged by a grand jury from Bristol County for the murder of Suzanna Alvarado, whose body was found on the side of Route 88 in Westport on October 17, 2005. According to the district a…

Un hombre de Massachusetts ha sido acusado en un caso de asesinato en 2005 después de que una revisión forense del caso vinculara el ADN encontrado en la camisa de la víctima con el sospechoso, dijo el miércoles la Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito del Condado de Bristol. Simao Farias, de 62 años, de New Bedford, fue acusado por un gran jurado del condado de Bristol por el asesinato de Suzanna Alvarado, cuyo cuerpo fue encontrado al costado de la R…

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New Bedford man charged with unsolved murder of a woman in 2005

"On October 17, 2005, the body of 42-year-old Suzanna Alvarado was discovered on the side of the road on Rt. 88 in Westport, Mass. 



The medical examiner determined that Ms. Alvarado had been beaten and strangled to death.  Ms. Alvarado had been living in New Bedford and was known to work as a pro

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