Suspect charged in 'brutal' murders of 2 Indianapolis women found dead days apart near each other
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The first victim -- Shannon Lassere -- was found in a parking lot on Jan. 27; the second -- Marianne Weis -- was found behind a nearby building on Feb. 1, police said.
A suspect has been arrested in the "brutal and evil" murders of two Indiana women who were both stabbed to death days apart and found near each other, police announced on Friday.
The victims were found dead on Indianapolis' east side, police said. The body of the first victim -- Shannon Lassere, 58 -- was found in a parking lot on Jan. 27, while the second -- Marianne Weis, 52 -- was found behind a building about 150 yards away on Feb. 1, police said.
Both had been killed by "multiple sharp force injuries," the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
"This was brutal and evil, what happened to them," Indianapolis Interim Police Chief Christopher Bailey said at a press briefing on Friday.
