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75 Year Old Woman Arrested For Murder In Ventura County

Detectives say they’ve arrested a 75 year old woman for murder in Ventura County.

Simi Valley Police were called to the 6200 block of Anastasia Avenue Sunday afternoon by reports of an injured man in a home. They found the body of Salavatore Orefice, who had been shot. Detectives say while questioning Mary Karacas, she admitted shooting the 84 year old man.

She was arrested on a murder charge. Investigators say the two apparently had a long standing relationship, but there’s not talking about what they think prompted the fatal shooting.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.