Overview

• Rondale Dickerson, 34, was ordered held without bond on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Shelaya Broadwater, 44.
• Police and EMS radio traffic identified Broadwater’s 14-year-old as the 911 caller who found her mother and reported extensive blood in the apartment.
• Authorities say the killing came days after the couple’s engagement; Dickerson allegedly fled and was arrested shirtless with cuts at a nearby Walmart.
• Police say he later confessed after being taken into custody, while charging documents and radio logs indicate he went to the apartment around 5 a.m. and allegedly forced entry.
• In court, prosecutors called the stabbing brutal and argued dangerousness as the defense pointed to years in poultry-industry jobs; the next hearing is set for Oct. 22.