Class mate of mine was killed=(
I was reading the online paper from my home town when I noticed a friend of mine from HS was killed!
Mother held for trial in death of sonBy Randy Mitchell
ADA — A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday at Pontotoc County Courthouse for a 44-year-old Ada woman accused of killing her 17-year-old son, Chris Carpenter of Moore.
Connie Haines was formally charged July 17 with second-degree murder. Haines turned herself in the next day and spent less than two hours in custody before being released on $10,000 bond.
“From what we have determined, Mrs. Haines was extremely upset with her husband and grabbed a knife and had threatened to kill him with it,” Pontotoc County Assistant District Attorney Chris Ross said in an earlier interview with an AEN reporter. “Apparently the victim (Carpenter) went into the room where his mother and her husband were fighting and tried to intervene and was stabbed.”
Ross said investigators don’t believe Connie Haines intended to kill her son, but noted she reportedly stabbed the teen while in the commission of a crime — allegedly attempting to kill her husband.
At the hearing, a witness testified Connie Haines was upset about a text message she found on her husband’s cell phone. In an attempt to figure out who the message came from she went into the room where her husband was sleeping. A witness said she heard arguing. A short time later, Connie Haines came out of the bedroom, grabbed a knife from the table and returned to the bedroom, a witness said.
Her son followed behind her.
Witnesses testified Connie Haines said, “Chris get out.” A few seconds later, a witness said she heard Carpenter say, “Oh god.”
Carpenter came out of the room holding his chest and said, “Take me to the hospital,” a witness said.
Connie Haines’ husband, James Michael Haines, testified Connie Haines woke him up and asked about the message on the phone. He said it was his ex-wife. Connie Haines left the room and returned with a knife. James Haines said she was waving the knife back and forth and she said, “Tell me what’s going on.”
Assistant District Attorney Chris Ross asked “What happened then?”
James Haines replied “Chris came in and I think he said, ‘mom.’ ”
During the testimony, Connie Haines appeared overwhelmed. She laid her head on the table and began crying.
James Haines went on to say Connie Haines was in the bedroom waving the knife back and forth above her shoulder when Carpenter came up from behind her and ran into the knife.
When asked if he saw the knife go in or just saw Carpenter fall back, James Haines replied, “Fall back.”
He testified Connie Haines said, “Oh, Chris,” and threw the knife down.
Prosecuters said Connie Haines had been involved in a domestic dispute with her husband, James Haines, at the couple’s residence. Connie Haines allegedly became extremely upset and attempted to attack her husband with a knife, Ross said. Carpenter was reportedly stabbed one time in the chest when he tried to intervene in the altercation.
Connie Haines’ Attorney Rob Neal argued there was no intent to to cause harm so there was no need for a trial.
“Mr Haines testimony continues to be unbelievable,” Ross said. “It’s clear he (Carpenter) didn’t run into the knife as Mr. Haines would have us believe.”
Judge Thomas Landrith said there was probable cause and Mrs. Haines will be bound over for trial. She is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 13, at 9:00 a.m. for an arraignment.
Carpenter had lived with his mother and stepfather until January, when he moved to Moore to live with his father, Gary Carpenter.
Gary Carpenter, who spoke with an AEN reporter by telephone in July, said his son was a “typical teenager” who had the world by the tail and had recently dedicated his life to the Lord.
“He was a great kid,” Gary Carpenter said in a voice choked with emotion.
“He had his moments, like any typical teenager. But he was a great kid, a great son, and I can’t believe he’s gone.”