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BURLINGTON, N.C. — A 25-year-old North Carolina man has been charged with stabbing his grandmother to death.
The Burlington Police Department said in a news release that authorities came Monday to the Burlington home of 71-year-old Cynthia Ziller and found her body.
Officers said they determined she had been stabbed to death.
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Early Wednesday, police announced they arrested her grandson, 25-year-old Nathan Jeremiah Ziller, who lives in nearby Graham.
Police said Nathan Ziller has been charged with first-degree murder. The motive for the killing wasn’t immediately clear.
Ziller was being held without bond.
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Associated Press
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