14-year-old Ohio boy admits to killing sleeping neighbor; prosecutor says he spent months planning

CINCINNATI — A 14-year-old will be in juvenile detention until he’s 21 after admitting to murdering his 64-year-old neighbor earlier this year in Ohio.

The incident unfolded late Feb. 1 and into Feb. 2, when officers responded to the home in Fairfax, a Cincinnati suburb, for a report of an unresponsive woman.

Police say officers and medical personnel confirmed the woman, later identified as 64-year-old Sheila “Denise” Tenpenny, was dead…

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