Woman killed in Hillsborough stabbing was ‘a precious soul,’ her sister says

Paula Floyd was friends with the man accused of stabbing her Friday and had been cleaning his family’s home for many years, according to relatives and a 911 call released this week.

Floyd, 54, of Durham was a self-employed housekeeper. She had just arrived for work at the home on Running Pine Court in Hillsborough shortly after 11 a.m. Friday when she was stabbed in the neck with a knife, according to a 911 call obtained through a public records request by The News & Observer.

Homeowner Matthew Vukmer, 53, was arrested Friday evening at another home that he owned near Galax, Virginia. He is still awaiting extradition to Orange County and has not yet been charged in Floyd’s death…

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