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Pair charged in Somerton murder

Police on Monday charged a man and woman with murder in last month’s death of Peter Gerold, 70, of the 1000 block of Sanibel St. in Somerton.

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DNA results of items taken from the victim’s house that were compared to samples from Gerold’s recovered body parts are a match, police said.

Those charged were Taray Herring, 47, and Jeanette Pace, 42.

Back on Feb. 11, officers in the 7th Police District responded to a burglary involving a U-Haul truck. They saw the truck traveling south on Kelvin Avenue. Upon investigation, they found a human torso inside the U-Haul. Trash bags with human remains were recovered from nearby Dumpsters. ••

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