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Fugitive Returned to the Territory

Fugitive from justice Javon T. S. Duparl returned to St. Croix on Wednesday to face murder charges, after having been extradited from the state of Florida.

According to the V.I. Police Department. Duparl was wanted in connection to the June 2013 murder of Andy Peters in the Lorraine Village Apartments in Frederiksted.

Duparl had been arrested in Orange County, Fla., on a concealed weapon and narcotics possession charge. While being processed, the Orange County Police Department discovered the murder charge pending against him in the Virgin Islands.

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