Police in western Pennsylvania say an 11-year-old boy has been charged in the death of a pregnant woman who was found shot in a bedroom of her farmhouse.
Police say the boy is charged with criminal homicide and criminal homicide of an unborn child in the killing of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk. The victim was 8 months pregnant.
Lawrence County police issued a statement saying the boy had been arraigned and sent to the county Jail.
They couldn't immediately say Saturday whether the boy and the woman were related.
Police say Houk's 5-year-old daughter found her mother's body Friday morning in a bedroom of their home in the community of Wampum.
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The community is about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
