Defense dispute unfolds over Cleveland mom accused of killing daughters

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A dispute over who should represent a Cleveland woman accused of killing her two young daughters played out in court Wednesday as prosecutors and the public defender’s office clashed over defense representation.

Aliyah Henderson, 28, appeared in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court for her first hearing on two aggravated murder charges tied to the deaths of her daughters, Amor Wilson, 10, and Mila Chatman, 8.

The girls’ bodies were discovered on March 2 inside separate suitcases in a field around East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue, near Ginn Academy…

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