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Pittman pleads not guilty in triple murder

Posted: Updated: Feb 17, 2012 11:32 AM CST
34-year-old Amanda Doss, 8-year-old Texas Johnson and 11-year-old Guinivere Doss were pulled from the smoldering rubble of their rural Bowie County home on May 11th. 34-year-old Amanda Doss, 8-year-old Texas Johnson and 11-year-old Guinivere Doss were pulled from the smoldering rubble of their rural Bowie County home on May 11th.
Rachel Pittman, 17 (Courtesy: Bowie County Sheriff's Office) Rachel Pittman, 17 (Courtesy: Bowie County Sheriff's Office)
Bowie County Firefighters on scene of the house fire in the 1200 block of FM 991 East in Bowie Co., TX - May 11, 2011 Bowie County Firefighters on scene of the house fire in the 1200 block of FM 991 East in Bowie Co., TX - May 11, 2011
BOWIE COUNTY, TX (KSLA) -

The Redwater teen indicted in the murder of a Bowie County mother and her two children pleaded  not guilty Friday morning in Bowie County District Court and received a court-appointed attorney.

Rachel Pittman, 17, was indicted February 9th for capital murder for the deaths of 34-year-old Amanda Doss and 11-year-old Guinevere Doss and a separate murder charge for 8-year-old Texas Johnson. 

She was certified as an adult to face those charges on February 1st. Because she was 16 at the time of the crime, Pittman will not be eligible for the death penalty if convicted. But she could face life in prison.

Pittman was arrested in August of last year, nearly three months to the day after the three bodies were pulled from the smoldering rubble of their rural Bowie County home on May 11th, 2011.

Her bond has been set at $3 million. She is due back in court in April.


 

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