Updated 2:06 p.m. to include details from state police He was arraigned this afternoon in St. Lawrence County Court on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder, according to District …
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Updated 2:06 p.m. to include details from state police
He was arraigned this afternoon in St. Lawrence County Court on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder, according to District Attorney Gary Pasqua.
Hebert pleaded not guilty and was remanded to the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility, Canton, the DA said.
In a prepared statement, Pasqua said Hebert is alleged "to have intentionally caused the death of then 25 year old Lacey Leigh Yekel, on or about June 7, 2014."
On Aug. 29, 2014, a body that police described at the time as “partially wrapped” was found across from the NYSARC bottle return, off state Route 420. It turned out to be Yekel.
[img_assist|nid=236871|title=Yekel|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=223]State police say they made the forensic identification based on dental and DNA comparisons. Hebert's arrest comes of the heels of a nearly four-year investigation that included "hundreds of and other investigative steps."
In his statement, Pasqua expressed gratitude to New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and their Violent Crimes Investigation Team and Forensic Identification Unit "for making it possible to proceed here, years after the murder is alleged to have occurred."
See story for more details about the case.