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The announcement came during a court appearance for Sheila Keen Warren, who arrived in Palm Beach County from Virginia on Tuesday night.
Authorities arrested Keen Warren, 54, on Sept. 26, based on a recent grand jury indictment concerning the shooting death of Marlene Warren in Wellington.
She is being held in the Palm Beach County jail without bond.
“My office is committed to pursuing justice for the victim,” State Attorney Dave Aronberg told reporters, explaining his prosecutors “carefully deliberated” the decision to seek capital punishment in the case. “Sometimes justice can be delayed but, justice eventually arrives.”
Aronberg did not elaborate on what those deliberations entailed.
Keen Warren is being represented by veteran criminal defense attorney Richard Lubin. He told reporters he has not yet been provided with any information concerning what led to the indictment of his client.
“She vehemently denies her guilt and we’ll proceed as usual,” Lubin said, adding that he reserved his right to request bond for Keen Warren at a future hearing before Circuit Judge Samantha Schosberg Feuer.
“In Florida, judges have discretion to grant bail in a first degree murder case, depending on the strength or weakness of the case,” Lubin said.
He’s a veteran of high-profile cases over the years, including his work as one of the lawyers representing Nouman Raja, the former police officer who is awaiting trial for the shooting death of stranded motorist Corey Jones.
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw credited new DNA evidence and recent witness interviews with enabling detectives to close in on Keen Warren, who was identified as a suspect before the case went cold.
But aside from citing the importance of the DNA, Bradshaw and Aronberg have declined to disclose any specifics about the basis for the indictment. There is no arrest report filed in the case that outlines what led to the charge.
“I think we all assume that since an arrest has been made now, that there’s something that they didn’t have before that they have now,” Lubin said, adding that soon he’ll learn the facts of the case.
Keen Warren was booked into Palm Beach County Jail shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday; the sheriff’s office tweeted a video of her walking into the jail. She’s charged with first-degree murder with a firearm.
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Source: Sun Sentinel, Adam Sacasa and Marc Freeman, October 5, 2017
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