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Woman Dies in Wilmington Attack; the second deadly attack in the city

Online Niel October 29, 2024

A 31-year-old woman has been charged in connection with a robbery-turned-assault in Wilmington that left another woman dead last week.

City police were called to the 200 block of N. Lombard St. just after 9 p.m. on Oct. 24 after receiving information about an unresponsive woman. There, they found Lisa Fakis, 49, seriously injured.

She was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

Through their investigation, detectives learned that Fakis was assaulted during a robbery. The department did not say how she was attacked or if a weapon was used.

Following an “area search,” police arrested Laverne Sealey and charged her with assault, the department said. She faces charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree assault.

She is being held at the Delores J. Baylor Correctional Institution for Women on $140,000 cash-only bail.

Wilmington police said investigators are “working with the Delaware Department of Justice to update their charges in connection with this incident.”

The second deadly attack in the city in less than a week

Fakis was the second person killed in Wilmington last week in an attack.

The first, Edward Wiggins, 60, was attacked around 2 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the 2100 block of N. Market St.

A brief news release issued two days after Wiggins’ death did not say when police learned of the attack or what he was attacked with. The police also did not provide details about the circumstances of the attack and made no note of whether it was a random or targeted attack.

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Police are still investigating the incident.

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