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Jury weighing Federal Way nursing home murder case
Posted by Jennifer Sullivan
SEATTLE TIMES FILE PHOTO
Jane Britt
A jury at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent began deliberations today in a case involving a former nursing assistant accused of killing an elderly woman in March 2008.
Joseph Njonge, 25, was working at the Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence in Federal Way when the body of Jane Britt, 75, was found in the trunk of her car in the parking lot of the nursing home. She had been strangled.
Britt often visited the nursing home to see her 77-year-old husband, Frank, who lived there.
Njonge's DNA matched evidence found underneath Britt's fingernails. Britt's pocket was found turned inside out and her husband's Costco card was found in Njonge's wallet, according to charging papers.
If convicted of first-degree murder, Njonge faces more than 20 years in prison.
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