Mother was killed trying to rescue her child from carjacking. Now 3 young men face murder charges.

Andy Rose, CNN

(CNN) — A 19-year-old man and 2 juveniles suspected successful a botched carjacking that led to nan decease of an Ohio female were successful custody Wednesday connected execution charges, constabulary said.

Alexa Stakely, 29, saw her SUV being stolen July 11 pinch her 6-year-old boy sleeping wrong and was struck by nan conveyance while trying to prevention nan child, according to nan Columbus Division of Police.

A 16-year-old fishy told constabulary he entered Stakely’s conveyance “and was astir to thrust disconnected erstwhile Stakely appeared successful beforehand of nan Honda,” according to an apprehension report. The fishy says he “panicked” and drove off, hitting nan victim, nan study said.

Stakely’s boy was recovered unharmed successful nan vehicle, which had been abandoned adjacent wherever Stakely was struck. Stakely had concisely near nan boy successful nan conveyance pinch nan motor moving to retrieve nan child’s belongings from his babe sitter, constabulary said.

The driver turned himself successful Wednesday, accompanied by his parents. “It’s my knowing that his parents and his conscience sewage to him a small bit,” Sgt. Joe Albert told CNN connection WBNS.

Another 16-year-old was connected to nan car theft and arrested, arsenic was Gerald Dowling, 19.

Dowling’s jailhouse grounds indicated he was scheduled for a first tribunal proceeding Thursday, but did not database an attorney. Court accusation for nan 16-year-old suspects was not instantly disposable because they are juveniles.

Although only 1 fishy was successful nan car astatine nan clip Stakely was hit, Albert told WBNS they are each arsenic responsible for her decease nether nan law.

“Since they were location arsenic portion of nan centrifugal conveyance theft, and unluckily Ms. Stakely died arsenic a consequence of that centrifugal conveyance theft,” Albert said, “they each get charged pinch murder.”

Stakely was a reside connection pathologist astatine Winchester Trail Elementary, according to a societal media station from Canal Winchester Schools.

Canal Winchester Schools, pinch whom Stakely had been employed for 5 years, described her successful a Facebook station arsenic “a awesome mom who was incredibly dedicated to her son.”

The station continued: “Ms. Stakely made a quality successful nan lives of nan students and families she worked pinch and will beryllium missed by truthful galore successful our organization and beyond.”