A second individual has been charged for a deadly capturing that took the lifetime of a 24-year-old Waltham lady final month.
Kaire Holman, 31, of Quincy, was charged with the homicide of Zharia Wilcox-Ellis, 24, of Waltham, Tuesday in Waltham District Court docket. She pleaded not responsible and was held with out bail. She is scheduled to return to court docket on Dec. 2 at 9 a.m.
Holman is the second individual charged within the Aug. 2 capturing of Wilcox-Ellis. Melanie Williams, 30, of Waltham — who the DA’s workplace describes as Wilcox-Ellis’ companion — was charged Aug. 5 with assault and battery on a family or member of the family in an alleged assault that preceded the capturing.
Williams pleaded not responsible at her arraignment that day and was held pending a dangerousness listening to. The listening to scheduled for Aug. 13 was continued, in response to court docket data, to Sept. 9.
“It’s officially a month since my sister passed so we’re just trying to get the ball rolling, get everything settled but we are feeling a little bit better that they are actually charging someone with murder,” stated the sufferer’s elder sister Shyri Wilcox, of Boston, who spoke briefly with reporters following the arraignment. She was joined within the courtroom along with her dad, step-mother, aunt and grandmother.
“The whole situation is just disgusting. I’m just waiting for everyone to get what they deserve. It’s about that time,” Wilcox added.
Wilcox stated she didn’t know Holman, however had heard issues about her and that she would typically worsen her sister: “go to my sister’s house, throw my sister’s clothes outside. But I had never met her in person, this was the first time I had seen her in person.”
Waltham Police at 11:30 that evening responded to a report of a violent ruckus amongst a big group of individuals exterior a Second Avenue house constructing the place Williams lived and the place Wilcox-Ellis typically visited. They discovered Wilcox-Ellis’ physique mendacity within the parking zone. She was pronounced useless on the scene.
Police say that they discovered “multiple pieces of ballistics evidence” together with two bullets within the Wilcox-Ellis’ physique. They are saying the recovered proof matched the .380 gun registered to Holman.
The police report of the incident was impounded however could also be launched later in redacted kind.
Wilcox described her sister as “an amazing person.”
“Anytime you needed someone to cry to, someone to talk to, she was there. She was the best basketball player you probably ever seen as far as women. She took care of my son. She was an amazing auntie,” she stated. “She always wanted to see a smile on your face.”
Wilcox-Ellis’ obituary states that the sisters “shared a special bond” and that she “prioritized building positive relationships with all her siblings, and extended family members.”
Born in Miami, Wilcox-Ellis moved again to Boston along with her household thereafter and attended Cambridge and Boston public colleges, graduating from Neighborhood Academy in 2018.
“Zharia was well-known for her academic abilities, athletic talent, and doing what she wanted to do,” the obituary states. “Her love for basketball was evident in her participation in various leagues and competitive teams, leading her to further her education and journey as a scholar-athlete at Putnam Science Academy in Putnam, Connecticut.”
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Shyri Wilcox, the elder sister of Waltham homicide sufferer Zharia Wilcox-Ellis, speaks with reporters after the arraignment of accused killer Kaire Holman, 31, of Quincy. (Flint McColgan/Boston Herald)
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