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The shellshocked brother of a nanny charged with murdering a grandfather has offered an astonishing insight into her personal life. Last Friday, Danny Booth's older sibling Samantha Rae Booth, 35, was arrested for the murder of 83-year-old David Ong at his daughter Katie Ong's beautiful home in Royal Oak, Michigan. Ong is said to have been trying to shield his granddaughter from harm. And on Tuesday, Danny told the Daily Mail that he does not recognize the woman who police say stabbed Ong to death before she allegedly stripped naked and tried to flee. 'My sister is the bright child of the family, full of joy, always smiling and caring. She loves that family,' Danny said, in reference to the Ongs. 'She was babysitting that child for a while, we are just trying to get to the bottom of this.' 'I do think it's important that people know the good side of her, she had no history of drug abuse or mental health issues.' Booth was found with marijuana and magic mushrooms in her purse after the killing, police said. No motive for Ong's murder has been disclosed. Danny insists his sister was a clean-living woman who thrived on eating well, going to the gym - and who adored being outdoors. The family of Ong, a successful realtor, have been left utterly grief-stricken by his sudden murder. Danny says he and his parents have been left utterly bereft by their loved one's arrest too. 'My father has been having panic attacks, but he is trying to hold everything together for everyone. It has been especially hard because we have been unable to speak to Samantha.' Ong was killed after his daughter Katie, a psychotherapist, asked him to go and check on her daughter, who was being cared for by Ong at Katie's $513,000 home. When Ong went quiet, Katie asked her unnamed brother-in-law to go and check on the house. He arrived to find Ong fatally wounded with Booth allegedly 'manic and covered in blood'. Booth is said to have flown at the brother-in-law with a screwdriver as he went to rescue Ong's granddaughter. The brother-in-law managed to flee to a neighbor's house where he dialed 911. When police arrived, Booth is said to have taken her clothes off and tried to flee. She was arrested shortly after and has been charged with six felonies including murder. On Tuesday, Booth was due to appear before a court. The hearing was forced to continue in her absence over claims she stripped naked and refused to leave her holding cell. She has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder and was denied bond after prosecutors claimed she was too dangerous to release. The highly-disturbing details have left Danny and his parents aghast. He told the Daily Mail that he just cannot square the sibling he knows and loves with the woman now charged with a shocking crime. 'We are all really trying to process everything.' Danny said. 'This outcome would not come from her, we don't know everything and it seems like there is a lot of confusion.' 'The woman we know is a bright light. She is caring. She is always smiling.' Ong's family have yet to comment further on the woman who was trusted to care for the family's youngest member for two years. The late realtor is survived by his wife Jacqueline, three daughters, a son and 11 grandchildren.
