Atwater woman pleads not guilty to shooting death of boyfriend at Ceres motel

CERES, Calif. — An Atwater woman has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the September shooting death of her longtime boyfriend at a Ceres motel.

Zella Latrice Holmes, 40, was arraigned Sept. 30 on murder charges of 38-year-old Franklin Martin, who was found shot inside a room at the Howard Johnson Inn in Ceres five days earlier.

Holmes faces charges of premeditated murder, murder with a firearm enhancement, two counts of child endangerment and felony evasion…

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