6 Teenagers Charged With Murder Plot
Six teenagers were charged in Pearl, Miss., with plotting to kill classmates at Pearl High School, where a 16-year-old last week allegedly shot and killed two students after stabbing his mother to death at home. The six teenagers pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill students over 10 months. Jailed on $1-million bail each were Donald Brooks Jr., 17, Justin Sledge, 16, Grant Boyette, 18, Wesley Brownell, 17, and Daniel Thompson, 16. Luke Woodham, who is accused of killing the two students and his mother, is being held without bail.
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