LOS ANGELES - An intense week-long manhunt for a Washington murder suspect ended Tuesday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles , about a thousand miles from the crime scene.

The backstory:

Last Tuesday, Alexander Lee Rogers is accused of brutally stabbing and killing 64-year-old Dawn Peters in Longview, Washington. Her husband, Leroy, was also stabbed and critically injured.

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"To be taken out like that, so brutal, it just really takes a toll," said Steven Butler. "I’m just glad he’s caught."

Dawn and Leroy’s nephew, Butler, spoke with FOX 11 via Zoom, still shocked by the deadly attack.

What they're saying:

"[Dawn] was a mother figure to me," said Butler. "She treated me like her son. She was a w

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