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Woman who killed boyfriend and teen pleads innocent to murder charges
Saturday August 16, 2003LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) A woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend and killing his 13-year-old son pleaded innocent Friday to charges that could bring her the death penalty.
Tamara Bohler, 44, of Mission Viejo, entered pleas in Superior Court to murder, attempted murder, using a weapon and inflicting great bodily injury, as well as the special circumstance allegation of murder while lying in wait.
Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty.
Bohler has been held without bail since her arrest in connection with the Fourth of July attacks. Authorities allege that she stabbed Jean Marc Weber, 45, in the face, throat and chest after he had invited her to his condominium. Weber's son was killed.
She fled the scene but was later arrested by Orange County sheriff's deputies.
Deputy Public Defender Shelly Aronson said her client ``had a complete mental breakdown that would account for anything that happened or anything she did.''
``It's really a sad case,'' Aronson said. ``She's been deteriorating mentally for some time.''
Bohler had two drunken driving cases pending against her when the stabbings occurred, authorities said.
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