The mother of the two of the three children killed in a June mobile home fire in Las Vegas was arrested Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and child neglect, according to the county booking logs.
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By Mike Blasky/ RJ
Brenda Stokes stood stoically as a prosecutor called her a killer and a judge raised her bail Friday. She avoided the gaze of the enraged family sitting behind her in the courtroom, but that won’t last forever, said the mother of 10-year-old Jade Morris.
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