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Cherie Lynnette Townsend, 47, was found guilty of murder for killing a retired nurse in a Rolling Hills Estates mall parking lot.

Prosecutors said Townsend killed Susan Leeds, 66, in a robbery to pay for her daughter’s cheerleading trip.

A mother of two was convicted Thursday of the 2018 stabbing and killing of a retired nurse in what prosecutors said was a robbery attempt to pay for the assailant’s daughter to attend a cheerleading competition.

Cherie Lynnette Townsend, 47, was found guilty of murdering Susan Leeds, 66, an attack that took place in the parking lot of in a Rolling Hills Estates mall. Officials said Leeds was stabbed 17 times shortly after noon on May 3.

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