- Yorleni Shoff, 58, faces first-degree murder charges in North Carolina for allegedly beating her 93-year-old husband, Richard Shoff, to death with a vase.
- The incident occurred around 2 am on April 9 at their Salisbury home, where deputies found Richard Shoff unresponsive with significant bleeding.
- Richard Shoff succumbed to his injuries nine days later, leading to the upgrade of Yorleni Shoff's initial assault charge to first-degree murder.
- Deputies arrested Yorleni Shoff without incident on April 21 at a Salisbury hotel, and a broken vase believed to be the weapon was recovered from the residence.
- Yorleni Shoff is currently held without bond at the Rowan County Detention Center, with her first court appearance for the murder charge scheduled for April 22.
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