CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — A man living at a nursing home stabbed to death his girlfriend, who was a fellow resident, and then raped a nurse, police said.

Ronald J. Leddy, 43, was arrested at the center early Friday. Officers said they found him smoking a cigarette and holding a large knife.

Leddy awaited arraignment on murder and sexual assault charges.

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He and his girlfriend, Johnna Orzechowski, 35, were residents of Beechwood Assisted Living. But police said they did not know why they lived there.

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