Woman arrested in East Camden slaying
By The Associated Press
This article was published November 6, 2009 at 4:27 p.m.
Police arrested a 24-year-old woman for the slaying of a 71-year-old man in East Camden.
Tracy Pettit of East Camden is accused in the death of Benjamin Venable. Pettit was being held Friday pending a court appearance.
Sheriff David Norwood says Venable had lived in East Camden for two years, having moved from Iowa City, Iowa, and Petit was his next-door neighbor.
The sheriff says Pettit confessed to the killing and told investigators she took money from Venable.
Pettit was arrested Thursday. Venable’s decomposed body was found Oct. 29.
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