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Updated at 4:10 p.m., Sunday, May 27, 2007

Boy, 15, arrested in death of 'Ewa Beach woman

Advertiser Staff

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in the death of a 51-year-old woman who was found dead in her 'Ewa Beach home Friday afternoon.

Friends identified the woman as Karen Ertell, owner of the Koko Crater Coffee roasters in Kaka'ako.

After she failed to show up for work on Friday, police were called to Ertell's Akua Street home, where they found her body. There were signs of injuries and blood in the house, but no sign of a forced entry or a struggle, police said.

No other details were available.