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Summit County Prosecutor: Daughter indicted in mother's murder

       Updated: 11/5/2009 2:34:22 PM  Posted: 11/5/2009 2:02:45 PM
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AKRON -- A Summit County Grand Jury has indicted three people in the murder of a Copley businesswoman. One of the three is the woman's own daughter.

According to Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh, the daughter, Taylor M. Marks, 20, was indicted on aggravated murder. The charge carries with it the possibility of the death penalty if convicted because Prosecutor Bevan Walsh says the death of Kristie Marks was part of a "murder for hire" plot.

Marks' alleged accomplice, Troy A. Purdie, 19, of Akron was indicted on aggravated murder and tampering with evidence charges. He too could face the death penalty if convicted.

Brian S. Smith, 22, of Akron was indicted on a charge of aggravated murder but does not face the possibility of the death penalty.

Kristie Marks was fatally stabbed on October 24. 

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