Police: Murder Victim Worked as Prostitute; Woodbury Man to be Charged Friday
The teenager’s body was found in a car in a Columbia Heights impound lot last month. Alberto Prece Palmer, 23, was arrested in Woodbury on Wednesday night.
Update: 11:13 a.m., Friday, March 8 Palmer has been charged with intentional second-degree murder. See: Report: Murder Charges Filed Against Man Arrested in Woodbury Update: 4:18 p.m., Thursday, March 7 It was Brittany Clardy’s work as a prostitute that led to her murder in Brooklyn Park and discovery of her body in Columbia Heights, authorities said at a Thursday press conference. The arrest of suspect Alberto Prece Palmer at his Woodbury home followed an investigation into ads Clardy placed in Backpage.com, along with information from several cell phones found in the car in which her body was discovered. Her body was found in a vehicle towed to Columbia Heights impound lot in February. Police arrested Palmer, 23, at about 7 p.m. …
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Kris Janisch
8:05 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
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