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May 14, 2008 11:06 am US/Eastern

5th Person Charged In Taylor Murder Case

Trial Is Set For August 25th

MIAMI (CBS4) ― A fifth person has been charged in connection to the murder of Washington Redskins' star Sean Taylor.

16-year old Timothy Brown, a relative of suspect Charles Wardlow, has been charged with first degree murder. He allegedly travelled with Wardlow, Jason Scott Mitchell, Eric Rivera Jr., Venjah Hunte the night they drove from Ft. Myers to Palmetto Bay in November 2007 to rob Taylor's home. It was during that botched robbery, that one of the suspects, Rivera, shot Taylor in the groin. Taylor died a day later at Jackson Memorial Hospital. His girlfriend and baby daughter, who were in the house at the time of the shooting, were not hurt.

Brown is currently jailed in Lee County awaiting extradition to Miami.

Last week, prosecutors waived the possibility of a death sentence since the suspected shooter, Rivera, was 17-years old at the time of the incident. Florida law prohibits the death penalty in cases where the shooter is a juvenile even if co-defendants are not minors.

In April, Miami Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy denied a bail request made by the 20-year-old Mitchell whose had appealed to the judge to let her son out pending trial. Murphy however ruled that Mitchell was likely to flee prosecution and might commit more crimes if released.

The trial for all four defendants is scheduled to begin August 25th.

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