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Tentative trial date for Phoenix mom accused of killing sons

Posted at 5:12 PM, Aug 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-01 21:30:55-04
 A tentative trial date has been set for early next year for a Phoenix woman accused of fatally stabbing and partially dismembering her three young sons two months ago.
 
Octavia Rogers had an initial pretrial conference Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court where a judge set a tentative trial date of Feb. 16.
 
The 29-year-old Rogers remains in custody on three charges of premeditated first-degree murder.
   
She was indicted June 14 by a county grand jury in the deaths of 8-year-old Jaikare Rahaman, 5-year-old Jeremiah Adams and 2-month-old Avery Robinson.
   
The bodies were discovered June 2 in a closet after Rogers' brother came home from work to find her talking about God and saying she had found the answer to life.
   
Rogers required hospital treatment for some self-inflicted stab wounds.