UPDATE:
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Kitchen.
Fortuna resident Marci Kitchen, who stands accused of vehicular manslaughter in the death of her 14-year-old daughter and another girl, will plead guilty to all charges on Monday.
Kitchen could be sentenced to as many as 11 years in prison.
Outpost reporter Rhonda Parker was in the courtroom this afternoon as Kitchen’s legal team appeared before a judge. Her report on the afternoon’s proceedings will run later this afternoon. [UPDATE: Here.]
Kiya Kitchen and Faith Tsarnas were struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Eel River Drive in Fortuna in July 2016. Since that time, and after Kitchen evaded law enforcement attempts to question her in connection with the crime, the case has riveted and anguished much of Humboldt County, and many have been dismayed by the drawn-out criminal proceedings against the accused Kitchen.
More soon.
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PREVIOUSLY:
- Fortuna Fatal Hit-and-Run: CHP Seeks Public’s Help in Tracking Down Marcia Kitchen and Josh Pearlston
- Marci Kitchen, Suspect in Death of Two Girls in Fortuna, Arrested on Vehicular Manslaughter Charges, Released on Bail
- Marci Kitchen Will be Arraigned This Afternoon on Numerous Charges, Including Gross Vehicular Manslaughter, Sheriff’s Office Says
- Marci Kitchen Arraigned for Killing Her Daughter, Another Teen in Hit-and-Run
- Marcia ‘Marci’ Kitchen Hearing Postponed Until March
- Facing Charges of Killing Her Own Daughter and Another Teen in Hit-and-Run, Marcia Kitchen Files Claims For Damages Due to Road Conditions
- Kitchen Trial Delayed Again; Preliminary Hearing on Manslaughter Charges Against Fortuna Mom Now Scheduled For May, Expected to Last Five Days
- Marci Kitchen Has 48 Hours to Hand Over Her Passport
- Marci Kitchen Surrenders Passport, Receives Court Permission to Travel to Oregon for Boyfriend’s Grandmother’s Birthday Party
- KITCHEN CASE: After Much Delay, Five-Day Pretrial Hearing of Accused Drunk-Driving Killer of Two Teenage Girls Will Start May 8
- KITCHEN HEARING DAY ONE: Kitchen Told Friend She ‘Hit the Girls,’ Initially Thought She’d Hit a Deer, CHP Officer Testifies; Collision Scene Described
- KITCHEN HEARING, DAY TWO: Marci Kitchen’s Son Testifies That His Mother Killed His Sister and Her Friend While Drunk, Then Tried to Cover Up the Crime
- KITCHEN HEARING, DAY THREE: Suspect’s Son Cross-Examined By Defense Attorneys, But Judge Holds Kitchen to Answer On All Charges
- Additional Charges Filed Against Marci Kitchen During Today’s Arraignment; Trial Date to Be Decided in June
- Marci Kitchen Trial Date Set for November; Full Proceedings Expected to Last One Month
- Marci Kitchen Trial Delayed Yet Again, After Defense Attorney Raises Questions About CHP Investigation
- Trial of Marci Kitchen Put Off Until May 2018
- Lawyers Quit Marci Kitchen, Say She is Out of Money
- Judge Allows Marci Kitchen’s Lawyers to Quit; Newly Appointed Attorney Says She’ll Be Ready by Scheduled Trial Date
- Judge Rules That Marci Kitchen May Not Travel to Oregon
- Kitchen Trial Should Go Forward as Planned Starting May 29, Defense Attorney Tells Judge This Morning
- Kitchen Trial Delayed Again; Accused Killer’s New Attorney Wishes to Explore Different Line of Defense
- New Trial Date for Marci Kitchen
- Marci Kitchen Trial Continued Yet Again; Defense Plans to File Some Kind of Motion Next Month
- Marci Kitchen Defense Attorneys File Change-of-Venue Motion, Ask Judge to Move Manslaughter Trial Out of Humboldt
- Kitchen Trial Attorneys Submit Questions for Potential Jurors Even as Change of Venue Hearing Looms
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