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Family seeks justice for woman allegedly strangled to death by suspect who fled to Mexico

Cheryl Cook, 53, was found strangled to death last fall at her home in a small town in rural Western New York. Police believe Michael Bellaire, 41, who lived with her, killed her before fleeing in her car to Mexico. READ MORE: https://13wham.com/news/local/wyoming-county-family-looking-for-answers-as-search-for-womans-killer-continues-cheryl-cook-warsaw-new-york# _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: 13 WHAM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/13WHAM 13 WHAM on Twitter: https://twitter.com/13WHAM Subscribe to 13 WHAM on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQyVljCrdof5Uqmo8p3c0Q/?sub_confirmation=1 13 WHAM Daily News Digest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTJB6tta5ar3Fu5CumAvlvVunEP6bc9A For more information, visit https://13wham.com/ Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: news@13wham.com Call the Newsroom: 585.334.8700 WHAM is a NY based station and a ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Deerfield Media, Inc and receives certain services from an affiliation of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. #13WHAM #ABCLOCAL13 #Rochester

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a family and Community still looking for answers tonight as an international search continues for a man accused of killing a woman in Wyoming County stealing her car and driving it to Mexico 13 Wham step papis brings us the latest on the investigation after speaking with Warsaw police today Stephen yeah Karen it was nearly a week before officers with the Warsaw Police Department found the body of Cheryl cook dead inside of her apartment by that time Reports say the accused killer was already out
side of the country vill of Warsaw Police Chief Peter Hoffmeister was the one who found Cook's body at her apartment on November 7th a full 5 days after they suspect Michael belir strangled her in the apartment the two shared Hoffmeister says this is a rarity for the small Wyoming County Community I've been in law enforcement 25 years um born and raised Warsaw we this doesn't happen in Warsaw Cook's daughter also shocked by the violence I was born in Warsaw and raised in Warsaw and this stuff do
esn't happen there so I can imagine the outrage and I'm sure a lot of other people in the community have questions police say Bel Air has been on the Run since early November and was last seen crossing the border into Mexico in Cook's car once we found out he's a Mexico we tried to get assistance from the Mexican authorities uh which without a warrant without the Interpol warrant they're not really going to work with us that well especially from a small agency like warsa but there is hope in loc
ating Belair we have some video from from down south where he an ATM that we're going to get out to the public a family is still reeling wanting closure and their mother's accused killer to be brought to Justice everybody's pretty devastated I we still don't have like a lot of answers you know he just he just took off he poof he left the chief tells me that they're working with different agencies to potentially offer a reward for any information leading to the arrest of Bel Air Karen

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