Preliminary exams are scheduled for the former boyfriend of a murdered teenager and his mother for a judge to determine if the cases against them will be bound over to Wayne County’s 3rd Judicial Circuit Court for possible trial.

Jalen Pendergrass, 23, of Inkster and Charla Pendergrass, 49, of Clawson are accused of killing London Thomas, 17, of Detroit, last April. According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, London’s mother had reported her missing on April 6 because she didn’t return home after being dropped off the day before at Jalen Pendergrass’s house in Inkster. London had been in a relationship with Jalen Pendergrass, but it allegedly ended at the time she arrived at his house, the prosecutor’s office stated.

Jalen Pendergrass and Charla Pendergrass are charged with second

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