‘For sure capable of killing someone’: Man sexually assaulted elderly neighbor, murdered her, burned remains: Police

Top inset: Darren Martell Jr. Bottom inset: Roberta Martin (Vermont State Police). The suspect was seen on a porch being questioned by police at times during the search for Roberta Martin (WCAX/YouTube).

Top inset: Darren Martell Jr. Bottom inset: Roberta Martin (Vermont State Police). The suspect was seen on a porch being questioned by police at times during the search for Martin (WCAX/YouTube).

A Vermont man is accused of sexually assaulting his 82-year-old neighbor, killing her and burning her remains in the woods, authorities said.

Darren Martell Jr., 23, faces a charge of aggravated murder in the death of Roberta Martin, Vermont State Police said in a news release.

The case came to light on July 17 when Martin’s neighbors checking in on her at her Butternut Hollow Road in Enosburgh, where she lived alone, found no signs of her but evidence of a break-in. A sliding glass door was found open, an air conditioner had been taken out of a window, duct tape was found on the bedroom floor and “dolly cart” tracks from the house led to a neighboring property, VTDigger reported, citing the affidavit.

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