Man charged a year after Bay Area woman, 27, found dead in orchard
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Nearly a year after the body of 27-year-old Bay Area woman Amery Sweany was found by the side of a road in Yuba County, an arrest has been made. In April 2023, a passerby noticed a body in an orchard on the 1700 block of Simpson Lane in Marysville, California. The deceased was identified as Amery Sweany. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as blunt force trauma, likely from being hit by a car. Last week, Ricky Lasher, 39, was arrested at his home on the 1400 block of Jamie Drive in Yuba...

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