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School Secretary's Beating Now Is Homicide Case

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By Samara Sodos of News Channel 8

Published: October 19, 2007

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TAMPA - Elalia Walker, whom investigators say was beaten by her boyfriend, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, according to Temple Terrace police.

She had brain damage after being beaten Oct. 11 by her boyfriend, Stanley Telfare, a custodian at Blake High School, authorities said.

Stanley Telfare

Telfare, 46, had been charged with kidnapping and felony battery.

He now also is charged with first-degree murder, police spokesman Mike Dunn said.

Walker, 40, was a secretary at Blake High School.

A witness called the Temple Terrace Police Department last week, stating he saw a man strike a woman at Orange River Estates after an argument. The man forced the woman into a van, the witness told police.

Dunn said Tuesday that Telfare took Walker to her family's home, telling the family she had jumped from the van as it was moving and was injured. Walker's family called Tampa police.

"Whether she jumped remains anybody's guess," Dunn said then. "The family saw she was seriously injured."

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