Trumbull prosecutor asks President Obama for help in resolving 2007 Newton Falls murder case

WARREN — Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County prosecutor, has written to President Barack Obama asking for help with getting a trial for a Brazilian woman accused of killing her husband in Newton Falls in 2007.

Claudia E. Hoerig was indicted on an aggravated murder charge for allegedly killing Karl Hoerig March 12, 2007, in their Newton Falls home.

She fled to her native country of Brazil, whose extradition treaty with the United States does not require Brazil to return Brazilian natives to the United States who have been accused of killing a U.S. citizen while visiting or living in the United States.

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