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Ex-Wife Arrested In Death Of Grass Valley Man

An arrest has been made in the death of a Grass Valley man whose body was found in his apartment on Sunday. Police Captain Steve Johnson says the suspect is 37-year-old Desiree Hayden, the ex-wife of the victim, 44-year-old Brian Sharp, who also lives in the local area…

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Johnson says Sharp died shortly after the struggle and then Hayden fled to Nevada, where she knows people…

click to listen to Capt Johnson

In addition to murder, Johnson says Hayden is also charged with felony child abuse. He declined to give specifics on the injury to the child, nor the age and sex. Hayden must still be extradited from the Washoe County jail. It’s the second murder this month in the county where a suspect must be extradited from Nevada.

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