Amanda Guthrie, the child’s mother, is charged with aggravated manslaughter. The case is headed for jury selection Tuesday.
Throughout the investigation, News4JAX has remained in touch with the teenager’s father and grandfather.
“There’s no words at all to explain losing your child because of someone else’s actions,” Aaron Bieger, Ayva Guthrie’s father, said previously. “She wasn’t sick. She was perfectly healthy. She wasn’t into trouble. She wasn’t hanging out with the wrong crowd. None of that stuff.”The defense argues that this was an accident. Police noted there was not a magazine in the gun, but that there was one round in the chamber.
Guthrie’s attorney says that a forensic expert reviewed the evidence and believes the bullet ricocheted off the ground before hitting the teen. Nichols predicts that will be a key part of the trial. “The argument is gonna be was the gun pointed down? And it ricochets — that’s what killed the child, or was the gun pointed at the child?” Nichols said. “That is gong to be a huge part in this case, which we can expect the experts will be back and forth on.”Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.
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