MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A young woman’s body was found in Martinsburg Thursday. Now Martinsburg Police say they have a suspect in custody in connection to her death.
The woman was identified as 22-year-old Hannah Wilson. She was found deceased sometime on June 14 in the area of Exchange Place in Martinsburg, a remote location just west of the North Queen Street overpass.
After Wilson’s body was discovered, an investigation began.
Martinsburg Police Chief Erin Gibbons says due to the suspicious nature of Wilsons injuries, the West Virginia State Police, the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, ATF and Mt. Weather Police Department all assisted in gathering information at the crime scene.
The Martinsburg Police Department ruled the woman’s death to be a homicide by a gunshot wound.
Authorities were able to develop a suspect during the course of the investigation. Warrants were obtained for Zekhi Pairidaeza, an acquaintance of Wilson. A search warrant was filed and then conducted at his residence on West Race Street in Martinsburg. Pairidaeza was arrested and charged with first-degree degree murder. He’s currently in the Eastern Regional Jail.
