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A jury has found a man guilty of manslaughter for beating and strangling an elderly Fredonia woman to death four years ago. Jason Wells, also of Fredonia, had been charged with second-degree murder as well as manslaughter. The case defense attorney Lyle Hajdu presented was intended to bring into question Wells’ mental state when he killed 81-year-old Ruth Fisk in her apartment. District Attorney David Foley says Hajdu’s strategy obviously worked because the jury had a hard time making its decision. Hajdu has two weeks to enter motions before the judge sets a sentencing date. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

A Chautauqua County grand jury is now considering the case of a man accused of beating an stabbing an elderly woman last week. 37-year-old Jason Wells is accused of killing 81-year-old Ruth Fisk. Her body was found inside her One Temple Square Apartment in Fredonia on Friday. Authorities haven't discussed a possible motive.

A man has been charged with murdering an elderly woman in the Temple One Apartment Complex in Fredonia. Police charged 37-year-old Jason P. Wells with murder for stabbing and beating Ruth Fisk, who was in her 80s. They say the murder happened sometime between Wednesday and Friday at around noon, when her body was discovered. Wells has been arraigned and is being held without bail in Chautauqua County Jail. District Attorney David Foley says Wells and Fisk knew each other, but declined to elaborate on their relationship.