ST. LOUIS – Prosecutors have charged a St. Louis woman with arranging the deaths of two 16-year-old boys who were potential witnesses in a murder case against her teenage son — a case that initially fell apart because other witnesses then refused to testify.
Latashia Mopkins faces two counts each of first-degree murder and murder conspiracy, among other charges made public Wednesday. Her brother, nephew and a third man also face murder charges in the deaths of one or both of the two teenage witnesses, and prosecutors reinstated the original murder charge against her son, Tyrell Davidson.
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Investigators allege that Davidson fatally shot 16-year-old Chauncey Brown in September 2013. Two other 16-year-olds who were witnesses were later killed. Mopkins is accused of offering money for the killings.