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Juvenile

Jan. 16, 2004

MURDER CHARGES

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors Wednesday added two counts of murder to the child abuse case against a Lancaster woman whose two young foster children died after she allegedly left them unattended in a hot sports utility vehicle for five hours.

        LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors Wednesday added two counts of murder to the child abuse case against a Lancaster woman whose two young foster children died after she allegedly left them unattended in a hot sports utility vehicle for five hours.
        Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef said the decision to bring the murder charges, which could put 48-year-old Leslie Smoot in...

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