Cranston Man Charged With Killing Fall River Woman, Burying Her in Backyard
Update (1:02 p.m.): ABC6 is reporting that Lombardi was ordered held without bail and is due back in court in two weeks.
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A 32-year-old man is due in court on charges he killed a Massachusetts woman and buried her body behind a vacant home in Rhode Island.
James Lombardi, of Cranston, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Kent County District Court on a charge of first-degree murder in the killing of 29-year old Krystal Boswell of Fall River.
Police say he killed Boswell at his home and then brought her body to a residence in Cranston where he had been doing construction work.
Police say Lombardi and Boswell were recently acquainted. Boswell had been missing from Fall River since April 1. They say an anonymous caller identified Lombardi as Boswell's killer and pointed authorities to the burial site.
It couldn't be immediately determined if he had a lawyer.