HENRICO, Va. (AP) - A March 12 sentencing is set for a Chesterfield County woman convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a pregnant rival.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 29-year-old Kayla C.
Armstrong pleaded no contest to the charge last Friday in Henrico County
Circuit Court.
Armstrong also pleaded guilty to separate charges of attempted
capital murder and solicitation to commit capital murder. These charges
stem from a plot to kill her former boyfriend.
Prosecutors say a longtime rival, 26-year-old Keiona Braxton, was
three months pregnant when she was slain on Dec. 31, 2008. She died from
more than a dozen blows to the head and more than two dozen knife
wounds. She also was shot in the abdomen and arm.
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