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Crazy: Mom Gets Son To Assist In Murdering Ex-Lover

By BETH WARREN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/20/08

An Atlanta mother and her 22-year-old son charged with teaming up in one of Fulton County's most brutal homicides in recent years could learn their fate in court Friday.

Prosecutors say Jabaris Miller felt neglected by his mother, Tonya, who was often out partying or with her lesbian lover. So when the girlfriend, Cheryl Miranda, dumped his mom, Jabaris helped his mother murder her ex, says Fulton prosecutor Clint Rucker.

"In a twisted kind of way, the murder brought them together," said Rucker, who is fighting to send the mother and son to prison for the rest of their lives. Miller, of Tampa, and his mother opted not to testify during the two-week trial. Through their attorneys, both insist they liked the victim and had nothing to do with her death. Jurors bgan deliberations Thursday.

The victim, a Vietnam veteran who also lived in Tampa, told a friend on Feb. 27, 2005 that she was going to drive Tonya and Jabaris Miller, then 20, to Georgia on her way to Alabama, where she was going to start a new life. Miranda was never heard from again.

This is crazy! The mother and son were soon sentenced to life in prison. There are so many things going on this story--generational fatherlessness, overmothering, same-sex stuff, murder, etc. The son felt neglected by his mother and so he traded off a life for some attention. Crazy. This is fodder for a really twisted and sad movie.