UPDATE – May 8th, 2023:

[DA’s Media Statement] Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois today announced that Aneka Brown, 36, of Harwich, was indicted by a Barnstable County Grand Jury on May 5, 2023 on the charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.

On November 7, 2022, at approximately 9:15 am, Harwich Police and Fire were dispatched to the Stone Horse Apartments at 860 Route 28 for a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, they found Akeem Drysdale, 30, of Harwich suffering from a stab would to the chest. Drysdale was transported to the Cape Cod Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

Brown was arraigned today in the Barnstable Superior Court before Associate Justice Sharon Donatelle. A detention hearing is scheduled for tomorrow, May 9, 2023 in the Barnstable Superior Court at 9:00 am.

The case was investigated by the Harwich Police and Massachusetts State Police Troopers assigned to the Cape and Islands Detectives Unit.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Michael Giardino.

No further information will be released at this time.

District Attorney Galibois reiterates that all criminal defendants are presumed innocent.
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The following HN Video contains emergency radio transmissions, footage from outside CCH, along with footage from the Nov. 7, 2022 homicide scene.

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EARLIER HN REPORTS:

MAN DIES AFTER STABBED IN CHEST AT HARWICH APPARTMENTS [HN VIDEO]

UPDATE/MEDIA STATEMENT – 11/7/22 @ 4:20PM: Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe and Harwich Police Chief David Guillemette announced today that at approximately 9:15am Monday, November 7th, Harwich Police received a 911 call regarding a stabbing at 860 Route 28 in Harwich. Upon arrival they found a male subject seriously injured. He was transported to Cape Cod Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Aneka K. Brown (DOB 1-4-87) has been arrested and charged with Manslaughter and Assault and Battery Dangerous Weapon in connection with the death. She is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in Orleans District Court.

The matter remains under active investigation by Harwich Police and State Police detectives assigned to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office.
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UPDATE/MEDIA STATEMENT – 11/7/22 @ 6:10PM:

Aneka K. Brown (DOB 1-4-87) was arraigned this afternoon in Orleans District Court on charges of Manslaughter and Assault and Battery Dangerous Weapon. Following a
dangerousness hearing, Ms. Brown was held without bail. A probable cause hearing is scheduled for 12/2/22.

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INITIAL HN REPORT:

HARWICH – As you will see and hear in the following HN Video, shortly after 9:00 a.m. this morning, a man was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital with a “priority one” stab wound to the chest. Medics on scene at the Stone Horse apartments had the option to airlift the patient but decided to go directly to Cape Cod Hospital, advising the emergency room that it was a “trauma code.”

As the man was being removed from the ambulance at CCH in Hyannis, a LUCAS machine was assisting medics with chest compressions. He was apparently in critical condition.

Back at 860 Main Street in Harwich, police officers and detectives had cordoned off the parking area in front of the apartments, including the area around a white pickup truck. State Police detectives from the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office were also on scene. The district attorney also arrived on scene.

One local described the old Stone Horse Motel as having been made into “dormitory” housing for seasonal employees, but now they may be permanent housing for local workers.

This is a very active scene and HN will provide official updates as they become available. The following HN Video contains emergency radio transmissions, footage from outside CCH, along with footage from the crime scene.

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