Police say young Pa. couple plotted Chicago mom's murder

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police say a young couple planned to kill the woman's mother because she stood in the way of their plans to run away and marry.

A preliminary hearing on criminal conspiracy to commit homicide and other charges was postponed Thursday until Aug. 11 for 21-year-old Michael Satterwhite, and 18-year-old Thalia Moore.

Police say Satterwhite began secretly living with Moore after her mother moved to Chicago to take a job and left her behind to finish the year at a city performing arts high school.

Police charged Satterwhite with assaulting Moore's mother's boyfriend when he found Satterwhite at the house in March. Last month, police filed the murder plot charges after Moore allegedly confessed to it.

Moore is free but didn't return a phone message. Satterwhite is jailed and court records don't list an attorney for him.