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The grandson of the 80-year-old woman found dead in a Perth Amboy home on Sunday has been charged with her murder, prosecutors said Monday evening. A family member called police after finding the body of the victim, Awilda Verrette, at her residence on State Street at about 1:15 p.m., officials said. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities on Monday arrested Raymond Maldonado, 34, of Perth Amboy. He has been charged with first-degree murder and fourth-degree contempt for violating a restraining order, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. Officials did not …

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