Illegal Immigrant Charged With Killing Woman in Wal-Mart Lot in Albion

Democrat and Chronicle
By Tina Yee
Oct. 31, 2011

Police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in a Wal-Mart Super Center parking lot in the town of Albion last night.

Luis A Rodriguez-Flamenco, 24, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, has been charged with second-degree murder.

According to the Orleans County Sheriff's Office, Kathleen I. Byham, 45, of Albion was stabbed multiple times after she left the store, on Route 31, around 7 p.m. and walked toward towards her car.

She was taken to Medina Memorial Hospital, where she died about 40 minutes later.

Deputies said there is no evidence that the victim knew Rodriguez-Flamenco and that the attack was a random act of violence.

After the stabbing, a search ensued involving numerous agencies, K-9 dogs and a State Police helicopter, based on witness descriptions and Wal-Mart security video.

Two other males were with Rodriguez-Flamenco but did not participate in the attack, said deputies. The two men, who are Mexican nationals and here illegally, were turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Rodriguez-Flamenco was arraigned in Albion Town Court and remanded to the Orleans County Jail without bail.

The Orleans County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Albion and Buffalo police departments, New York State Police and the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.

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