Mother, boyfriend charged in strangling
OXFORD (AP) – Authorities say the mother of a little girl who was suffocated by a pet python has been charged in the child’s death. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office reports that 19-year-old Jaren Ashley Hare and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Charles Jason Darnell, were both charged Monday with manslaughter, third degree murder and child abuse in the July 1 death.