Neighbor remembers Allentown man killed in home invasion


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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Police have made an arrest in a deadly home invasion in Allentown. Investigators said the victim was killed in front of his young daughter.Isaac Navarro is facing homicide charges among other offenses.Allentown's Fannie Holden's heart is broken following the death of her upstairs neighbor Jermaine Taylor."This child brought me back to life," she said.Police said early Sunday morning, three masked men and one masked woman busted into Taylor's apartment in the 1300 block of Linden Street, robbed him, then shot and killed him. This all happened while his young daughter was inside."He was a wonderful daddy  You should have seen him interact with his daughter on the weekends that was wonderful," she described.Police say drugs are suspected as the motive in Taylor's death."What was the name of your son?" WFMZ's Bo Koltnow asked Holden."Trevon Holden," she said while looking at an old photo. "He was killed in a home invasion in Augusta Georgia. Same way Jermaine died."That's one reason why this so tough, but for Holden there are other reasons too."Helped physically, emotionally, through my troubles, he helped me through," she described.Holden said she never saw Taylor with drugs.She said he would bring her food, take her to the doctor's office and just be there for an old woman without any family.She has this message for Taylor's killers:"Praying for these people, these children to please realize before you take someone else's life, it's going to affect other people's lives," she said.Police say Navarro was shot in the leg.  At this time it's not clear who shot who but a trail of blood was tracked from Taylor's apartment to Navarro's just a few blocks away.Police have not identified the other three suspects.

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