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Murder charges for Enfield double homicide suspect

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Harlee Swols
Enfield Police Dept

(Enfield, Conn./WTIC) - Charges have been upgraded to murder for the suspect in a double homicide Sunday in Enfield.

Police are now charging 22-year-old Harlee Swols with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of her grandmother, 72-year-old Maryrose Riach and Riach's boyfriend, 63-year-old James Bell.


Investigators say Swols, originally charged with violating a protective order, was covered in blood when they arrived at the scene Sunday evening at an Alden Avenue apartment after 6:30 p.m.

Police say both victims had been stabbed.

Swols now faces two counts of murder.  Her bond was set at $2 million.