Salem man faces extradition in murder case

SALEM — A Salem man faces extradition to Florida to face accusation that he was the triggerman in a domestic murder in Florida five years ago.

Jessy Castelucci, 25, is to appear today in Columbiana County Municipal Court to have a bond set.

There may also be action on whether Castelucci is extradited to Florida, according to Ryan Weikart, an assistant Columbiana County prosecutor.

Castelucci has been held without bond after being arrested earlier this week as he was leaving a house in Salem, according to Detective David Talbert of the Salem police.

Castelucci has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder, according to Larry Long, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

He is accused of shooting Davronjon Bakeev, 29, in Muse, a community in Glades County, Fla.

Bakeev was reported missing on Nov. 23, 2002 to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

His wife, Hadassah Bakeev, 31, and her sister, Tabitha Labay, 33, both of Muse, Fla., have each been charged with one count of premeditated murder.

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