Jun 19, 2009 2:23 pm US/Pacific
Teen Murder Suspect, Colver, In El Dorado County
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. (CBS13) ―
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Steven Paul Colvert, Tylar Marie Witt
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Tylar Witt, the 14-year-old El Dorado Hills girl accused of killing her mother will be in court on Monday.
According to the El Dorado County District Attorney, Witt will be tried as a minor; however that could change. The hearing will he held in Placerville.
Witt and her 19-year-old boyfriend, Steven "Boston" Colver, were arrested Thursday in San Mateo County in connection with the murder of the girl's mother.
The body of Tylar's mother, 47-year-old Joanne Witt, was found Monday. Police say the woman had been violently stabbed to death several days prior to the discovery.
Colver was booked into to the El Dorado County Jail Friday afternoon.
Authorities declined to confirm or deny any of rumored motivations for the murder, but acknowledged they have responded to emergency calls for the family in the past.
CBS13 confirmed on Thursday a report had been filed with the El Dorado County Child Protective Services in the past alleging Tylar had been abused. But we do not know the outcome of that investigation.
On May 18, police responded to the Witt house on an assault call. Tylar admitted to assaulting her mother and was taken to juvenile hall, according to authorities.
Sources told CBS13 that Steven Colver had been renting a room at Joanne Witt's house in the time prior to the murder. The mother had allowed it because Tylar told her Steven was a good friend and was gay, according to sources.
A friend of Tylar's said her mother eventually found out that Tylar and Steven were a couple and Joanne Witt was not happy about it. He says Tylar and her mother fought about it.
"They got into arguments about that. I know about the statutory rape charges she was trying to file," said Tylar's friend Jordan Ubry. "He mom told her she could never see him again. The mom was definitely not happy about the relationship. I know that."
Jordan descibed both Tylar and Steven as "nice people".
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