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No Verdict Yet in Davalloo Murder Case

A jury completed its first day of deliberation in the former Pleasantville woman's case Thursday.

A 12-person jury will continue to deliberate in of Sheila Davalloo, a 42-year-old former Pleasantville resident who is accused of slaying her lover's girlfriend in the woman's Stamford, CT, home.

Davalloo was previously convicted of attempting to stab Paul Christos, her ex-husband, in their Foxwood condominium on March 23, 2003.

A year later, she was sentenced to 25 years of incarceration at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women for the attack. Christos survived and testified during Davalloo's ongoing trial this year, in which she is representing herself.

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While Davalloo was serving her sentence, she was formally charged with killing Anna Lisa Raymundo in 2002.

Prosecutors contest Davalloo was having an affair with Raymundo's boyfriend, Nelson Sessler. All three parties worked together at Purdue Pharma in Stamford.

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Supervisory States Attorney James Bernardi called the relationship "a love triangle," and contends Davalloo turned violent against the two people standing in the way of her continued relationship with Sessler.

According to a report in the Stamford Advocate, blood stain DNA belonging to Davalloo was discovered in Raymundo's apparent. She is also believed to have dialed the 911 call that led to the investigation of the murder.

At the scene, officials "found the victim's body lying in her foyer amid a bloody crime scene that included signs of a chaotic struggle. The killer stabbed Raymundo nine times in the chest, face and neck and bludgeoned her over the head several times," according to the report.

Today was the first day of jury deliberation in the trial that lasted 10 days. Davalloo's trial is being held at the .


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