California Teen Avoids Heavy Sentence in Matricide by Pinning the Blame On Boyfriend

Photo of Accused Murderers Steven Colver and Tylar Witt
There’s no doubt about it, the mother/daughter dynamic can be tough.  Words and actions can be easily misconstrued—on both sides—and it can ultimately lead to a lot of pain and heartache.

And, evidently, murder.

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In 2009, Joanne Witt of California was brutally stabbed to death in a plot hatched by her daughter Tylar, then just fourteen years old, and Tylar’s 19-year-old boyfriend, Steven Colver.

Seems Ms. Witt had the audacity to go to the police and file a statutory rape claim against Colver, now twenty-one, giving authorities Tylar’s diary as evidence.

Tylar Witt clearly felt that matricide was a just reward for her …

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