FAIRFAX, Ohio — A teen accused of murdering a 64-year-old woman in her Fairfax home in February has agreed to plead guilty to several charges, including aggravated murder.

Court documents say 64-year-old Sheila "Denise" Tenpenny was found dead in her home on Germania street on Feb. 2. A preliminary autopsy report released by the Hamilton County Coroner's Office said Tenpenny had trauma to her head and neck.

In court Monday, the teen, who was 13 years old at the time Tenpenny was killed, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated murder, one count of aggravated burglary and one count of strangulation.

He will be held at the Department of Youth Services until he turns 21, which is the oldest the juvenile detention facility can hold a juvenile convicted of a crime.

In court, prosecutors sa

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