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Alban Dobra, 39, is charged with manslaughter stemming from an assault that happened shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
Peabody police responded to a medical emergency at a home on Esquire Drive in Peabody, where they found Mimosa Sawtelle, 54, with serious head trauma outside of the single-family home.
Dobra tried to get his two sisters to leave his house, while grabbing Sawtelle and pushing her off the front steps onto the walkway below, the DA said.
The woman hit her head on the pavement causing serious head trauma.
She was rushed to a local hospital, where she died from her injuries on Friday, Jan. 5.
Dobra was arrested during the night of the New Year incident and was first charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and serious bodily injury.
He was arraigned on Tuesday, Jan. 2, and held without bail.
Dobra is set to return to court on Friday, Jan. 12, for a detention hearing, according to court records.
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