Crime & Safety

2 Charged With Murder In Falmouth 'Flop House' Stabbing

Authorities say that a man was stabbed outside a Falmouth home during a dispute over "narcotics and $600." Two people face murder charges.

FALMOUTH, MA — Two people face murder charges in the stabbing death of Doug Rose in Falmouth on Sept. 22, the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office announced Friday.

Local police responded to a home on Davisville Road in Falmouth after receiving a report of a disturbance around 6:25 p.m. on Sept. 22. There, they found Rose bleeding from apparent stab wounds, a statement from the DA's office said.


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"Evidence suggested the dispute resulting in Mr. Rose’s death involved narcotics and $600 dollars," the DA's Office said.

Rose was given medical attention on the scene, and was also transported to Falmouth Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

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Since, state police detectives and the Falmouth police continued the investigation, and have arrested two people now charged with murder.

Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the U.S. Marshalls North Texas Fugitive Unit arrested Charee Rainey, of Boston, at an apartment in Fort Worth, Texas. On Thursday, officials arrested Tishaun Miller, of East Bridgewater. Both are charged with murder.

Miller was arraigned in Falmouth District Court and held without bail. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4. Rainey will be returned from Texas "in the coming days," officials said.

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