This man, Jared W. Pruitt, has been arrested after being sought in the strangling of an elderly woman in Richland. A 74 year old unnamed woman was attacked and strangled and Pruitt is the only person of interest the police were looking for. The woman fought off her attacker and survived the attack according to news reports. The Richland PD Facebook account announced they were looking for him, and then updated stating he had been captured. The case is still under investigation and we will update when more information is available.

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