A 15-year-old boy pleaded responsible Monday to first-degree homicide in reference to a lethal hearth in October at an condo advanced in Lakewood.
The teenager, whom The Submit is just not naming as a result of he’s a minor, additionally pleaded responsible in Jefferson County courtroom to costs together with first-degree arson.
The primary-degree prosecutor charged the teenager and a 12-year-old in November with first-degree homicide and 39 different costs in reference to the Oct. 31 hearth.
The fireplace killed 31-year-old Kathleen Payton and her 10-year-old daughter Jazmine Payton-Aguayo and displaced all 32 items within the advanced.
The 12-year-old defendant didn’t make a plea at Monday’s listening to, Fox 31 reported.
The 15-year-old might be sentenced on September 15.
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