Accused Killer Extradited To Face Trial in Tamarac Woman’s Murder

by Kevin Deutsch October 20, 2022

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By Kevin Deutsch

An accused killer was extradited from New York to Broward County this week to stand trial for the murder of a Tamarac woman, court records show.

Sakiyna Thompson, 28, of Long Island, is accused of killing a woman publicly identified by her family members as Kayla Hodgson, 23, inside her Tamarac apartment on July 13.

According to a grand jury indictment, Thompson stabbed Hodgson multiple times with a knife or other sharp instrument. Hodgson was found unresponsive by a person inside her apartment in the 9300 block of Northwest 57th Street, records show.

Investigators have not publicly revealed a motive for the killing.

Thompson was being held without bond at the North Broward Bureau jail in Pompano Beach Thursday.

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Kevin Deutsch

Kevin Deutsch is an award-winning journalist and author of two nonfiction books. He covers general assignment news and Jewish community issues for Talk Media. He has also worked as a staff writer at The Miami Times, the Rio Grande SUN, the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post, The Riverdale Press, and Bronx Justice News.