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Gruesome Marion Ave. Murder Remains Unsolved

Two weeks after they discovered the brutal murder of a missing 28-year-old woman on Marion Avenue, police have not arrested anyone for the crime.  

The day after Paulemont Manuella’s dismembered and burned body was found two weeks ago, however, her ex-boyfriend (and the father of her child), Shandron Rambert, 27, was arrested on apparently unrelated charges and questioned about the murder.

Manuella’s family reported her missing on Monday, Jan. 5. Two days later, on Jan. 7, officers from the 52nd Precinct searched Manuella’s third floor apartment at 2640 Marion Ave., and found blood on the bathroom floor.

After further searching, police found the body of Manuella, 28, on the roof of the apartment building. Her arms and legs had been cut off and her torso burned.

An autopsy by the city’s Medical Examiner later revealed that Manuella died after her throat was slashed and before being set on fire.

On Jan. 8, police arrested Rambert and charged him with violating an order of protection, burglary, and criminal contempt, and questioned him about the murder. As of press time, Rambert had not been charged with murder.

Rambert has eight prior arrests, including a July 2008 arrest for assaulting Manuella. Rambert’s other arrests include robbery, reckless endangerment and two charges of weapons possession, most recently in November 2008.

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