MONT VERNON, N.H., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Four teenagers were charged Tuesday with killing a Mont Vernon, N.H., woman in her bed and stabbing her 11-year-old daughter, prosecutors said.
Kim Cates, 42, was killed and her daughter seriously injured before dawn Sunday in their rural home, police said, adding the suspects allegedly picked the Cates' home because it was isolated.
Steven Spader, 17, and Christopher Gribble 19, were charged in Milford District Court with first-degree murder and attempted murder while William Marks, 18, and Quinn Glover, 17, were charged with burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, and armed robbery, The Boston Globe reported.
Kim Cates died in her bed of multiple sharp injuries to her head, torso, left arm and left leg. Her daughter was attacked with a machete, authorities told The Globe.
Cates' daughter underwent surgery Sunday night and was in stable condition at Children's Hospital in Boston.
