Burlington Green Park<\/a> gazebo, at the corner of Smith Street and Railroad Avenue North.<\/p>\nSweezer, a board member of the Kent Black Action Commission, was strangled to death at her East Hill home. Her body was then dumped along a road near Lake Tapps in Pierce County.<\/p>\n
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department arrested Lance Rougeau, 25, for investigation of second-degree murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma.<\/p>\n
Detectives continue to track down details about the killing of Sweezer, and are looking for a second suspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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