MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 12-year-old girl has testified in court that she saw her father kill her mother and he then forced her to help dismember the body with a circular saw.
Police said James Hawkins cleaned the saw and returned it to a store where he had obtained it.
The testimony came Wednesday at a preliminary hearing for Hawkins, 30, who is charged with killing and dismembering his girlfriend, Charlene Gaither, on Feb. 9 in their apartment. His case was sent to a grand jury.
According to The Commercial Appeal, the girl testified that her father made her help cut off her mother's head, and she helped cut off Gaither's hands and feet.
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