Carol Hatley Stabbed Her Mother to Death, According to Prosecutor

See also: Carol Hatley Accused of Murdering, Partially Dismembering Her Mother

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Carol Hatley -- the daughter of 73-year-old Deborah Hatley, who was found dead and "in the process of being dismembered" yesterday morning -- stabbed her mother to death, according to a prosecutor.

During her initial court appearance (which can be viewed here), the prosecutor said he spoke with a detective who informed him that Deborah Hatley died from "multiple stab wounds."

Carol Hatley told police she found her mother dead around 7 p.m. on Sunday, and had a neighbor call police more than seven hours later, according to court documents obtained by New Times.

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Carol Hatley Accused of Murdering Her Mother and Partially Dismembering Her Before Just Telling a Neighbor to Call the Cops

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Carol Hatley's accused of killing and kind of chopping up her mom.
A 73-year-old Phoenix woman was murdered and in the process of being dismembered in her home Sunday, and police think her alcoholic daughter's the one who did it.

Phoenix police went to Deborah Hatley's house on the west side around 3 a.m. Monday, finding Hatley dead and "in the process of being dismembered," according to court documents obtained by New Times.

Her daughter, 42-year-old Carol Hatley, said she was the one who found her mother, and told her neighbor to call 9-1-1. The first problem with that -- Hatley told police she'd found her mother at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

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Dominic Chagolla Will Spend His Life in Prison for Stabbing His Mom to Death

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Dominic Chagolla's off to the slammer for life.
Dominic Chagolla will be spending the rest of his life in prison for murdering his mother in December 2010.

A jury convicted Chagolla of first-degree murder in late April for stabbing Maria Chagolla to death, and Judge Sherry Stephens sentenced him this morning to natural life in prison.

Maria Chagolla's body was found hidden under a blanket behind the passenger seat of the same car her son claimed she used to drop him off at a Glendale park the day she was reported missing, according to court documents previously obtained by New Times.

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Dominic Chagolla Found Guilty of Murder in His Mother's 2010 Stabbing Death

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Dominic Chagolla was convicted of murdering his ma.
Dominic Chagolla was described as a bit of a mama's boy in court documents obtained by New Times detailing the death of his mother, Maria Chagolla, in December 2010.

Turns out, he wasn't that much of a mama's boy, as a jury found Dominic Chagolla guilty today of first-degree murder in his mom's stabbing death.

Maria Chagolla's body was found hidden under a blanket behind the passenger seat of the same car her son claimed she used to drop him off at a Glendale park the day she was reported missing.

Maria Chagolla was stabbed in the face several times, including in both eyes.

When she didn't come home after dropping her son off at the park that day, family members began to question Dominic -- who showed up back at the family's home shortly after leaving with his mother, and was the last person to see her alive.

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Kevin Skinner, Who Police Say Called Them to Report He Killed His Mom, Pleads Not Guilty

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Kevin Skinner pleaded not guilty today to murdering his mother, two weeks after police say he called 9-1-1 to report that he just killed his mother.
Kevin Skinner, the 22-year-old Phoenix man who called the cops earlier in the month to let them know he'd just murdered his mother by suffocating her with a grocery bag, pleaded not guilty this morning.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Skinner and his mom got into an argument on March 3, and when she got ready to leave her son's apartment, he attacked her and ended up suffocating her.

After going outside and laying on the grass for a while, Skinner decided to call 9-1-1 and let the cops in on what just happened.

Police responded to Skinner's Phoenix apartment around 6 p.m., and Skinner informed the arriving officers that he'd just killed his mother inside.

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Kevin Skinner Says His Mom Wouldn't Listen, So He Suffocated Her With a Grocery Bag

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Kevin Skinner's mom told her son she was leaving his apartment on Saturday night.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Skinner's response was to murder his mother by suffocating her with a grocery bag.

After going outside and laying on the grass for a while, Skinner decided to call 9-1-1 and let the cops in on what just happened.

Police responded to Skinner's Phoenix apartment around 6 p.m. Saturday, and Skinner informed the arriving officers that he'd just killed his mother inside.

Sure enough, police found Janet Skinner dead inside the apartment with a clear plastic grocery bag next to her.

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