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Yasin Abdu-Sabur is escorted out March 3 after being arraigned in Niagara County Court for the murder of Terry Lynn Bills.
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It was an arrest that not only closed a cold case in Niagara Falls â it also put to rest rumors of a gruesome serial killer stalking the streets of the Cataract City.
On March 3, A Niagara County grand jury handed down an indictment charging Yasin Abdu-Sabur, 36, in the grisly dismemberment murder of Terri Lynn Bills.
Abdu-Sabur was charged with second-degree murder during an arraignment in Niagara County Court before Judge Sara Sheldon.
Abdu-Sabur had been picked up by Niagara County Sheriffâs deputies at a South Carolina jail and transported back to WNY to be held at the Niagara County Jail.