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Natrone Kakaris, 28, was arrested Friday on three murder charges stemming from a February 2023 double homicide. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN DIVISION OF POLICE

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Natrone Kakaris, 28, was arrested Friday on three murder charges stemming from a February 2023 double homicide. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN DIVISION OF POLICE
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Middletown police have arrested a 28-year-old in connection with a February 2023 double homicide.

Natrone C. Kakaris was arrested 8:29 a.m. Friday by Middletown police and the U.S. Marshals Service in the 2200 block of Whittier Street.

He is charged with one count of aggravated murder and two counts of murder out of Butler County Common Pleas Court.

The charges stem from a three-year investigation into the shooting deaths of Marvin Tyrone (Ty) Davis Jr. and Daniel Fitzgerald on Feb. 4, 2023, at 707 15th Avenue.

Kakaris was arrested without incident and booked into Middletown City Jail.

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