ROYAL OAK, Mich. (Scripps News Detroit/Court TV) — A nanny accused of fatally stabbing an elderly grandfather while caring for his granddaughter has been ordered held without bond on multiple charges, including first-degree murder.

Samantha Rae Booth, 35, is charged in the death of 83-year-old David Ong, who was found with multiple stab wounds in the basement of his daughter’s home on Friday evening.

(L) Samantha Rae Booth (Royal Oak Police Department), (R) David Ong (Scripps News Detroit)

According to police, the deadly encounter began when Ong’s daughter, who was out of town, asked her father to check on her child and the nanny at the home that evening.

When Ong failed to update his daughter after arriving at the home, she contacted her brother-in-law and asked him to check on both O

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