{"id":64326,"date":"2015-06-23T11:50:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T18:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=64326"},"modified":"2015-07-23T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T22:59:05","slug":"boy-charged-as-adult-in-murder-of-elderly-woman-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/06\/23\/boy-charged-as-adult-in-murder-of-elderly-woman-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy charged as adult in murder of elderly woman in Lancaster [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Detectives blocked off the area around the West Lancaster home June 18 as they investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of 86-year-old Annie Bell. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A 14-year-old boy has been charged with special circumstance murder for the killing of an 86-year-old woman found dead at her Lancaster home last week, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Tony Donnell Brown<\/strong> of Lancaster was charged Monday with one count of murder and two counts of first-degree burglary, person present, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The case includes a special circumstance allegation that the murder was committed during a first-degree burglary and a special allegation that Brown used a knife.<\/p>\n

The 14-year-old made an initial court appearance Monday, but his arraignment was scheduled for July 23 at the Antelope Valley courthouse.<\/p>\n

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Annie Bell (photo contributed by family friend)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brown is accused of breaking into Annie Margaret Bell<\/strong>‘s home on June 18 and stabbing her multiple times while she lay in bed, said Steven Frankland, Head Deputy of the Antelope Valley Branch.<\/p>\n

The elderly woman was found dead with apparent stab wounds around 7:10 p.m. June 18 at her home in the 44600 block of Stillwater Drive, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau.<\/p>\n

Deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station responded to a call of an open window at the residence and found Bell \u201cunresponsive and suffering from what appeared to be cut wounds about her upper torso,\u201d according to the sheriff\u2019s news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring their investigation, detectives were told by witnesses in the neighborhood that a person matching the description of the suspect was possibly hiding in the bushes,\u201d sheriff\u2019s officials said in the news release.<\/p>\n

Lancaster patrol deputies responded to the area and detained a juvenile who was hiding in the bushes, according to homicide detectives, and the juvenile was positively identified by the witnesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetectives conducted an interview of the juvenile. He was arrested for murder,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s news release states. A possible motive for the stabbing has not been released.<\/p>\n

Bail for Brown has been set at $1 million. Prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty against Brown because of his age. He would face a potential 26-year-to-life prison term if convicted.<\/p>\n

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS FREE (8477).<\/p>\n

UPDATED 7.23.15:<\/span> Brown’s arraignment has been postponed to Sept. 18, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
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LANCASTER \u2013 A 14-year-old boy has been charged with special circumstance murder for the killing of an 86-year-old woman found dead at her Lancaster home last week, authorities said. Tony Donnell Brown of Lancaster was charged Monday with one count of murder and two counts of first-degree burglary, person present, according to the Los Angeles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":64332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}