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Girl, 15, charged with murder of mom and her boyfriend in NYC apartment

NEW YORK -- A 15-year-old girl, Destiny Garcia, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two weapons counts in the killing of her mother and her mother's boyfriend, CBS New York reports.

Investigators said the victims, 39-year-old Rosie Sanchez and 40-year-old Anderson Nunez, were discovered amid a bloody scene in the fifth-floor apartment around 7 p.m. Sunday, after the public housing apartment's door was left ajar.

According to police, both Sanchez and Nunez had been shot and Nunez had also been stabbed, the station reported. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Garcia was questioned before being arraigned late Monday night and remanded without bail. She is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow.

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