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Intruder putting Lewisville on edge Victims wake up to man at foot of beds; his motive is unclear 12/06/2002 By RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News LEWISVILLE - Linda Moody awoke to the sensation of a cold breeze brushing across her foot. She opened her eyes. The figure of a stranger, crouching at the foot of her bed, crept from right to left across her room, passing in front of her digital clock. It was 12:37 a.m. Wednesday. The 61-year-old and her husband, Aubrey, had just become the victims of a home invasion. Their house was the ninth...

Lewisville siblings face juvenile murder charges Pair accused in brother's stabbing to stay out of adult system 05/16/2002 By RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News DENTON - The Denton County district attorney's office filed juvenile murder charges Wednesday against two Lewisville siblings accused of stabbing and suffocating their 6-year-old brother, defense attorneys said. The filing in juvenile court indicates that prosecutors will not seek to certify the 15-year-old girl as an adult in the slaying of her brother Jackson Carr, said Kimberly McCary, the girl's attorney. If the girl were certified as an adult, she could face up...

Lewisville siblings face hearings in brother's killing 04/27/2002 By KENDALL ANDERSON and RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News The court-appointed attorney for a 15-year-old Lewisville girl who's charged with killing her 6-year-old brother said Friday that the teen is a loving child whose behavioral problems over the years were never adequately addressed. Kimberly McCary said she doesn't know whether the fault rests with parents, counselors, school officials or state and local agencies. But she said she intends to find out as she builds her client's case. "It's hard to know who to blame in this," she said. "There...

Girl's maturity weighed in killing Hundreds mourn slain 6-year-old Lewisville boy 04/20/2002 By RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News The question of whether a 15-year-old Lewisville girl should stand trial as an adult in the slaying of her younger brother is complicated by reports of her stunted emotional and mental development, law and psychology experts said. The girl and her 10-year-old brother are being held at the Denton County Juvenile Detention Center. Police have said the siblings confessed to stabbing 6-year-old Jackson Carr to death behind their Lewisville home. Funeral services for the 6-year-old boy were Friday in...

Parents wake to slaying's reality Siblings who admitted killing brother, 6, to remain in custody 04/18/2002 By RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News As their longest Tuesday night stretched into Wednesday, the sad tasks piled up for Michael and Rita Carr. They needed time to pull together criminal defenses for their oldest children. There was the funeral to arrange for their youngest, 6-year-old Jackson. In their spare moments, they asked God to help them understand. "Obviously, no one can imagine what they are going through," said attorney Donna Winfield, who represents the Carrs' 15-year-old daughter. "They lost their...