PHOENIX (AZFamily) — New court documents reveal what led to the murder of a pregnant Valley teen last month.

Jechri James-Gillett, 18 and Jurrell Davis, 36 , are charged with the murder of 16-year-old Zariah Dodd. Police say Davis was the father of Dodd’s unborn child, and James-Gillett was her current boyfriend. Dodd was 22 weeks pregnant at the time of her death.

Around 6 a.m. on July 5, Phoenix police were called to Marivue Park near 57th Avenue and Osborn Road after a witness discovered the teen’s body. Court documents say she had been shot in the head. No casings or shell fragments were located at the scene, and the then-unidentified girl did not have a cell phone or identification on her.

Surveillance footage from a neighbor’s home captured the sound of a gunshot around 2

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