CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charges have been dropped Wednesday against a 16-year-old, who police said killed her mother’s boyfriend.
The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office said a pattern of abuse and neglect at the home on Cherry Street led them to dismiss the murder charge against Deanna Watson.
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Neighbors told Channel 9 from the beginning that Watson was defending herself and her siblings when she stabbed and killed Omar Dunbar in July.
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