By Mike Rush
St. Louis (KSDK) - The Lincoln County Prosecutor says the Major Case Squad will work into the holiday weekend to try to charge someone in the murder of 42-year-old Betsy Faria.
Faria was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife in her home on Sumac Drive in Troy, Missouri Tuesday night. Her husband told authorities he came home from running errands and found her body. He called 911.
Investigators arrested a man Wednesday evening, but 24 hours later, they had to release him because there was not enough evidence collected to charge him with Faria's murder.
The Lincoln County Prosecutor hopes it's only a matter of time before she can charge him with murder. The prosecutor is fast tracking DNA and fingerprint tests as well as cell phone records.
Because the man has not been charged, NewsChannel 5 is not releasing his identity.
One of the Faria's neighbors, Jim Ditter, says he and others are concerned after the man arrested in connection with the murder was released.
"Well, we are wondering why he got released and we are concerned that he is out. I will tell you that," said Ditter. "If they're confident that it's him, you know, I'm hoping that they press. They've been out here this morning, they've already talked to me a couple of times," said Ditter.
One of the things Ditter says detectives asked him is if he had a motion camera installed in the woods to spot deer for hunting, presumably in case the camera caught someone going through the woods. Ditter said he did not.
Faria was 42-years-old, the mother of two girls and friends say she was battling cancer.
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