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Paul Charles Farina

Friday, January 4, 2013

Arlington Native Allegedly Nearly Decapitates Prostitute in Fatal Stabbing in Florida

Paul Charles Farina, 20, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, according to reports.

A 20-year-old Arlington native allegedly murdered, and almost beheaded, a prostitute in his Lake Park, Fla., apartment on Sunday, Dec. 16, according to reports. Paul Charles Farina, who had just moved to Florida two weeks prior to enter a drug treatment program, according to a CBS12 News report, allegedly stabbed 24-year-old Alexis N. Lace, of Riviera Beach, Fla., in the neck multiple times. He was arrested by Palm Beach County sheriffs that day and was charged with second-degree murder, according to reports. Get Arlington police news in your inbox every morning by signing up for our daily newsletter. Farina told police that he met Lace, whom he did not know previously, on the street and propositioned her for oral sex, according to the …

Kris Garrigus

11:51 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013

Ohh my gosh, what a crazy image that's stuck in my head... I still have nightmares sometimes..! I was the downstairs neighbor and it was just an all around huge loss for everyone..! My heart goes out to the Lace and the Farina families... Paul and Alexis are the only ones that know what really happened up there..! The heartless comments that come from some of you are really shocking though, let's…   more ›

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