A teenage girl faced a judge in a Miami courtroom this weekend, more than a month after, police said, the 17-year-old stabbed her boyfriend to death.
JM was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the Dec. 20 stabbing of YL.
In court Saturday afternoon, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge S D. G granted the suspect a $50,000 bond.
“She stayed at the scene, she called 911, she cooperates with the police,” said G.
The judge ordered that M be fitted with a GPS ankle monitor until her next court date.
“I don’t think she’s a flight risk. She has no priors, she surrendered herself,” said G.
According to to City of Miami Police, M stabbed L, also 17, in the parking garage of his apartment building, located at Northwest Sixth Court and 61st Street.
M told police she was horse-playing with her boyfriend, but why that escalated to the deadly stabbing is still being investigated
The victim’s family had been fighting for M to be put behind bars
Last week they protested outside of the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.
“My son is dead. Why am I fighting for justice for my son?” said NJ, L’s mother,
L was a junior at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Family members said the teen loved his family, football and video games, and he dreamed of one day having a career in finance.
J told 7News on Saturday that the justice system has failed her.
As of late Saturday night, M had not yet bonded out of jail.
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source: wsvn
