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March 21, 2006

Cranston landscaper indicted in slaying of teacher's aide in Warwick

A statewide grand jury yesterday handed up an indictment charging a landscaper with the brutal stabbing of his boss's wife, Margaret R. Duffy-Stephenson, in November.

James S. Richardson, 38, of Cranston, has been held at the Adult Correctional Institutions since Dec. 8, when a genetic test on material found under Duffy-Stephenson's fingernails identified Richardson's DNA.

Duffy-Stephenson, a teacher's aide at an East Greenwich middle school, was found dead Nov. 19 in her Warwick home.

During a bail hearing in December, Duffy-Stephenson's husband, James, testified that he had $10,660 in cash in a basement safe. The safe was later found open and empty.
Richardson is due to be arraigned on murder and burglary charges in Kent County Superior Court.

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