16-Year-Old Black will be Tried as Adult for Stabbing 77-Year-Old White Woman to Death

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September 18, 2015

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Margaret Sheffield was stabbed to death in her own home by the creature.

Gwinnett County Police released James Watkins’ mug shot on Monday.

Gwinnett County Police say James Watkins stabbed his neighbor 77-year-old Margaret Sheffield in her Track Way home in unincorporated Dacula. They say Watkins knew Sheffield and the motive was theft.

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James Watkins will be tried as an adult for the crime.

He is 16 and being charged as an adult.

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