Harlee Swols.Photo: Enfield Police Department
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A Connecticut woman is in custody after officers allegedly found her covered in blood at the scene of a double murder, police say.
Harlee Swols, 22, is charged with violation of a protective order and two counts of murder in the death of her grandmother, 72-year-old Maryrose Riach, and her grandmother’s boyfriend, 63-year-old James Samuel Bell, the Enfield Police Departmentstated in a release.
Both victims suffered large lacerations on their neck, and several additional sharp force injuries and defensive wounds were discovered during autopsies, the report says.
James Bell and Maryrose Riach.Facebook
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Upon entry, responding officers also found Swols, who allegedly “had blood all over her clothes and showed no emotion at all,” the report states. Police say she was also soaked with water, which officers attributed to the shower they heard running in a bathroom.
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Swols was arrested on the scene Sunday and initially charged with violating a protective order that prohibited her from contacting her grandmother’s boyfriend or visiting the residence. Her murder charges were filed Wednesday.
The protective order between Swols and Bell was issued after a July incident in which she was arrested on misdemeanor charges of assaulting an elderly person and breach of peace, the report states.
It is unclear if Swols has entered a plea to the charges against her, or if she has an attorney who can speak on her behalf.
source: people.com