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Prosecutors charge girl, 15, as adult in her mother's death

Posted July 19, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old Gary girl as an adult in her mother's fatal stabbing.

The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports (http://bit.ly/2tfhNqf ) Chastinea Reeves was charged Tuesday in Lake Criminal Court with murder after a juvenile court judge approved prosecutors' request that she stand trial as an adult.

Authorities allege Reeves killed her 34-year-old mother, Jamie M. Garnett, in February at the family's home in Gary.

Prosecutors filed a petition of delinquency in juvenile court two days after Garnett's killing alleging that Reeves committed the murder.

Court records do not list an attorney for Reeves, who was being held Wednesday at the Lake County Jail.

A second juvenile, 16-year-old Matthew Reginald Martin, is also charged as an adult in the case. He faces charges of auto theft and assisting a criminal.

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Information from: The Times, http://www.nwitimes.com

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