Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

February 18, 2010

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Bond denied for Boozer


PRINCETON – Bond was denied today in the case of a Princeton woman facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her infant son.

Katharine Janelle Boozer, 23, appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court for a bond hearing before Judge William Sadler. After hearing arguments from defense attorneys and the prosecution, Sadler ruled that Boozer should be held without bond.

Boozer’s 6-month-old son was declared legally dead Feb. 9 at a Roanoke, Va. hospital. Boozer is being held at the Southern Regional Jail near Beckley.

For more on this story and other news, read Friday’s Daily Telegraph.