Second suspect jailed in Lacy Lakeview case for stabbing to death

Lina Portman3 weeks ago

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A second suspect is in custody in the death of a Lacy Lakeview man who was stabbed and slashed 52 times last year, police say.

Joann Arey Cometsevah, 34, of Oklahoma, was arrested last week in California on Lacy Lakeview arrest warrants and transferred Tuesday to the McLennan County Jail on a first-degree felony charge of murder and a third-degree felony for tampering with evidence.

Cometsevah and her sister, Leah Cecelia Breuer, 37, of Oklahoma, are both jailed on murder charges on April 24, 2023, after stabbing 44-year-old David Ralph Peeler Jr..

Peeler was found dead in his Lacy Lakeview apartment the day he died, police reported at the time.

A member of Peeler's family told investigators that Peeler had an on-and-off relationship with Breuer. She was arrested on May 17 last year.

Police know that Breuer and Cometsevah were in Peeler's apartment at the time of his death, McLennan County Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Strother said at a hearing last week in which a request for reduction Bail for Breuer was denied.

Cometsevah's bail is set at $1 million and Breuer's bail is set at $500,000.

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