ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 16, 1993                   TAG: 9301160247
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                                LENGTH: Short


SLAYINGS OF WOMAN, CHILD STUN NEIGHBORS

A woman who was found bludgeoned to death along with her 5-year-old daughter was described by neighbors as friendly and outgoing.

"She was a fine person," a sobbing Sherrie White said of the dead woman, 30-year-old Katherine Ann Tafelski. "She was always doing something for her kids."

Tafelski and her daughter, Ashley, were found dead in their home shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday by Katherine Tafelski's mother. Two other children, a boy and a girl, were found badly beaten. Neighbors said the boy was Andrew Tafelski, about 3, a son of the dead woman, and the girl was a cousin, about 3. - Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY



by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB