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Tia Skinner (Credit: Michigan Department of Corrections)

No-Parole Sentence Thrown Out In Deadly Knife Attack On Parents

Tia Skinner’s life sentence will be revisited because the U.S. Supreme Court banned mandatory no-parole sentences for teens convicted of murder. She was 17 at the time of the deadly attack.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/22

Teen Convicted Of Deadly Knife Attack On Parents Blames ‘Bad Temper’

A teen convicted of murdering her father and trying to kill her mother in a knife attack at their St. Clair County home says she regrets everything and blames her actions on a “bad temper.”

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/07/12

Skinner family home is seen following the stabbings (WWJ Photo)

3 Imprisoned For Life In Yale Stabbings

An 18-year-old woman convicted of murdering her father and trying to kill her mother in a knife attack has been sentenced to life in prison along with two young men convicted in the case.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/09/16

Jury Finds 2nd Man Guilty In Yale Stabbings

A St. Clair County jury has found a 19-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the slaying of a Yale man and stabbing of his wife in their home.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/07/15

Suspects In Fatal Stabbing Due In Court Monday

An 18-year-old woman, her ex-boyfriend and his neighbor are due in a Port Huron courtroom Monday for a pre-trial hearing in a knife attack that left her father dead and her mother seriously wounded.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/01/10

Teens Ordered To Stand Trial In Brutal Stabbings, Murder

Seventeen-year-old Tia Marie Mitchell-Skinner of Yale has been ordered to stand trial for the murder of her father and the brutal stabbing of her mother.

2010/11/24

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