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GAINESVILLE ‒ On Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, Assistant State Attorney Nicole Reed presented to the Alachua County Fall Term Grand Jury State vs. Amanda Marie Jazen.

On Dec. 25, 2023, the Gainesville Police Department responded to Walgreens 3909 N.W. 13th Street in reference to a shooting investigation.

Amanda Marie JanzenOfficers arrived and observed the victims, Anna Haslup Terrill and Thomas Lepread Williams, in the parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers observed a fleeing vehicle that Amanda Jazen, dob 6/29/1985, was driving.

The Gainesville Police investigation determined that Jazen unlawfully shot and killed Haslup and attempted to unlawfully kill Williams.

While Jazen fled from the scene, she had five of her children with her as she led law enforcement on a 15-mile chase.

The Fall Term Grand Jury reviewed all the evidence and returned a True Bill indicting Jazen for first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, and five counts of child neglect.  

Jazen was remanded to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Department of the Jail without bond on the first degree murder charges.

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