Beth Warren

• Teen admits setting fire in Germantown hotel while grandparents slept Published 05/24/2012 at midnight

  A 15-year-old girl stared solemnly at the courtroom floor Wednesday as she admitted to setting a fire in a Germantown hotel while her grandparents slept in the room.

• Teenager accused of murder attempt; victim, 67, left in 'vegetative state' Published 05/24/2012 at midnight

  A West African immigrant remains hospitalized in a "vegetative state" more than a month after a teenager beat him with a metal baseball bat over a parking dispute, prosecutors told a judge Wednesday.

• Stewart's family copes, struggles to forgive Published 05/21/2012 at midnight

  Hours after Adrian Jackson learned his daughter had been stabbed to death while away at college, he jolted from his sleep screaming.

• Shanterrica Madden found guilty of second-degree murder of MTSU basketball player Tina Stewart Updated 05/14/2012 at 11:16 p.m.

  Shanterrica Madden was taken into custody after the jury of nine men and three women delivered its second-degree murder verdict.

• Prosecutor: Madden deserves most severe punishment for stabbing roommate Updated 05/14/2012 at 1:18 p.m.

  Rutherford County prosecutor J. Paul Newman told jurors today in his closing arguments that Shanterrica Madden's deserves the most severe punishment possible because she stabbed her college roommate with premeditation and intent.

• Madden testifies she didn't plan to stab MTSU roommate Tina Stewart Updated 05/12/2012 at 9:31 p.m.

  "I'm sorry I hurt her. I'm sorry I didn't help her," Shanterrica Madden said, her voice quivering. "I just wasn't myself."

• Friend testifies she was trapped in apartment during fatal stabbing of MTSU student Tina Stewart Updated 05/11/2012 at 11:47 p.m.

  A friend of Shanterrica Madden, the former Middle Tennessee State University student accused of murdering her roommate, testified in Madden's trial today.

• Friend tells of final conversation with murder victim Tina Stewart Updated 05/10/2012 at 11:20 p.m.

  Jurors in the murder trial of Shanterrica Madden were shown a series of photos Thursday taken by police showing large pools of blood on the tan bedroom carpet of victim Tina Stewart, the MTSU basketball junior guard stabbed to death ...

• Jurors hear Tina Stewart's boyfriend plead for help in 911 call after he finds body Updated 05/10/2012 at 12:05 a.m.

  After finding his girlfriend's bloodied and lifeless body in her room, Middle Tennessee State University basketball player KC Anuna made hysterical pleas for help on a 911 call.

• Conflicts escalated to slaying at MTSU, say prosecutors Published 05/08/2012 at midnight

  As Tina Stewart bled to death in her bedroom from stab wounds, her killer hid the knife she had used and resumed doing the laundry.

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