Paralegal Found Dead: Julia Law’s Body Found in Lawyer’s Bathtub

Paralegal found dead: A paralegal was found dead in the house of a high-profile Philadelphia lawyer, it was reported Tuesday.
Paralegal Found Dead: Julia Law’s Body Found in Lawyer’s Bathtub
Jack Phillips
5/29/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

A paralegal was found dead in the house of a high-profile Philadelphia lawyer, it was reported Tuesday.

Police removed the body of the woman, who identified as Julia Law, reported ABC station WPVI-TV. She worked at the law firm of Charles Peruto Jr., who is said to have been her boyfriend.

A maintenance man found Law, 26, in the bathtub filled with water on Sunday. Police said there were no signs of drug use or trauma, while an autopsy found water in her lungs.

“The first thing I did was call 9-1-1 and police showed up. I then went to homicide to give my accounts of what happened,” the maintenance man told NBC Philadelphia. He did not want to be identified.

Investigators said that Peruto, who is noted to have taken high-profile mob cases, gave Law a key to his apartment while he was away. He was overseeing construction on a new home in New Jersey, WPVI-TV said.

“Julia was a beautiful, caring free spirit hippy, who I was blessed to have known. Words can’t express how sad I am to finally have met someone who I believed truly loved me. You should all have someone touch your life, like she did mine. Pray for her. She was an angel,” her family said in a statement.

Peruto on his Facebook page, said that he is “especially sad for her 10-year-old brother, who was her life, along with her loving and close sisters, mother and step-father. Earth lost the best one ever.”

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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