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© Reena Rose Sibayan / The Jersey Journal

JERSEY CITY, NJ, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 -- Friends try to restrain a distraught Miles Dionisio, sister of

Christine Mariano, 20, who was found strangled to death in a fire at Mariano’s Stevens Avenue home.

Claire Mariano is comforted by her son, Chris, after learning that her daughter,

Christine, 20, was found strangled to death in a fire at their home.

Romulo A. Gregoria Jr. left, is seen comforting Claire Mariano, mother of Christine Mariano.

Gregoria was later charged with strangling Christine Mariano to death then setting her bedroom on fire.