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WARREN – The suspected killer of a Warren mother made his appearance in a Florida courtroom this week where marshals tracked him down several weeks after the Nov. 11 death of Ashante Kirksey, 26.
Noel Flores, 19 of Warren, appeared before a Pinellas County judge found probable cause to keep him in custody on a charge of fugitive homicide for the man suspected in killing the mother of four at her Francis Avenue, Warren, home.
Local investigators are seeking to have Flores extradited to Ohio to face murder charges.
Warren Police Department on Thursday used social media to thank assisting law enforcement agencies and the community after a nearly month-long investigation led to the arrest. The department said information obtained by the community helped aid their investigation. The post listed several law enforcement agencies credited with assisting in the investigation. They included U.S. Marshals, Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, Warren Police Street Crimes Unit, Warren Criminal Investigations Division, Trumbull Action Group, Niles Police Department and the Howland Police Department.
Flores was apprehended in Florida after he was tracked to a St. Petersburg apartment and found with a 9 mm firearm, which is the same caliber weapon used in Kirksey’s death. The firearm was seized by authorities, according to the task force. Flores is being held in Pinellas County Jail.
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