A mother of two has been found guilty of killing a retired nurse in order to get money to send her daughter to a cheerleading camp, according to multiple reports.
On Thursday, Dec. 4, Cherie Townsend was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the killing of Susan Leeds on May 3, 2018, in the parking structure of the Promenade on the Peninsula shopping mall in Rolling Hills Estates, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) said in a statement.
Leeds, 66, was fatally stabbed 17 times in the mall’s parking lot shortly after noon that day, the Los Angeles Times reported. Prosecutors said the attack happened during an attempted robbery, alleging that Townsend was searching for money to pay for her daughter to attend a cheerleading competition, according to the outlet…