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Suspect in killing of elderly NYC couple also tried to drain their bank accounts, prosecutors say

Last month, Jamel McGriff, 42-year-old Bronx resident, was charged with killing Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, and setting their Queens, New York City home on fire.
McGriff forced his way into the Oltons' home after speaking with Frank Olton and remained for nearly five hours before prosecutors say he set the house on fire to destroy evidence.
At the scene, responders discovered that Maureen Olton appears to have been tied to a chair and strangled, her badly burned body found in the living room, while firefighters found Frank Olton tied to a pole in the basement with multiple stab wounds.
He was caught the following day after going to a movie in Times Square, pleaded not guilty Tuesday, and was ordered held until Nov. 12 while on parole after serving 16 years.
Following the killings, he allegedly attempted to transfer more than $10,000 from the couple’s accounts and spent nearly $800 on clothes at a Macy’s, prosecutors say.

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Suspect in killing of Queens couple also allegedly tried to drain their bank accounts

Prosecutors say the New York City man charged with killing an elderly couple and then setting their house on fire during a horrific home invasion last month had also attempted to drain their bank accounts before using their credit cards to go on a shopping spree in Manhattan.

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