BOY, 16, CHARGED IN MOTHER'S DEATH.Byline: Jeanette Jeanette (or Jeannette) is a French female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette, Janet and Jane. People with this name include:
A youth accused of shooting his mother to death Oct. 11 at the family dinner table was charged with murder Monday, authorities said. Authorities said the youth, who turned 16 today, shot his mother three times in the back of the head as the two sat down to a fast-food dinner and then fled north the next day in his mother's car. The youth is expected to be arraigned today on murder, grand theft and grand theft auto charges in the slaying of his mother, Lois O'Donnell, 51, at San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial , officials said. Deputy District Attorney Richard Taklender said his office will seek to try him as an adult. ``This is a very tragic thing,'' Taklender said. ``Whatever this kid's problem was, hopefully it could have been handled some other way.'' The youth also is accused of taking an Automated Teller Machine automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. card from his mother. He apparently withdrew about $500 as he traveled up the coast, Taklender said. The youth turned up several days later at a Kelso, Wash., hotel, seeking assistance from the clerk. Later, he reported to Kelso police that a man he was with stole his mother's car. He also said his mother had been dead for months, and that he had no money or shelter. Kelso police thought they had an orphan orphan: see adoption; foundling hospital; guardian and ward. See widow & orphan. Orphan See also Abandonment. Adverse, Anthony finally, at middle age, discovers origins. [Am. Lit. on their hands until they contacted Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police.Detectives alerted them to the death of the youth's mother and traveled to Washington to pick him up. |
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