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Aug 21, 2008 10:55 am US/Eastern
No Bond For Teen Charged As Adult In Girl's Murder
Jason Hartley Charged With Second Degree Murder
Hartley Could Face Life In Prison If Convicted
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
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15-year old Jason Hartley in bond court Wednesday August 21, after being charged as an adult in the murder of 14-year old Neica Gibbs.
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A Ft. Lauderdale teen accused of killing a 14-year old girl and then dumping her body behind a trash dumpster, was ordered to be held without bond, during an appearance in adult bond court Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday, prosecutors revealed 15-year old Jason Hartley will be tried as an adult on second degree murder charges.
The body of 14-year old Neica Gibbs was discovered last month, about three weeks after she disappeared. It was a behind a garbage bin just yards from Hartley's home.
Hartley reportedly confessed to strangling Gibbs. He allegedly told police after the two engaged in a sexual act in his mother's mobile home, they got into a violent argument; it was during this fight that Gibbs was killed. Hartley said he wrapped the girl's body in a tarp and placed it by the dumpster.
Prosecutors opted not to charge Hartley with first-degree murder because they felt that Gibbs murder may have been an act of passion.
Hartley could face life in prison if convicted.
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