INDEPENDENCE (AP) - Trial has been set for a Coralville woman accused of killing one son and trying to kill another.
Michelle Kehoe's trial is set for March 18 in Buchanan County. The 35-year-old faces is charged with first-degree murder, attempt to commit murder and child endangerment resulting in serious injury.
She pleaded not guilty last week.
Kehoe is being held in the Buchanan County jail under $2.5 million bond.
According to police, Kehoe told her husband she was taking her sons, 2-year-old Seth, and 7-year-old Sean, to visit relatives in Sumner on Oct. 26. They never arrived, and police allege Kehoe drove her sons to a pond near Littleton and bound them with duct tape before cutting their throats, killing Seth and leaving Sean seriously injured.
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