Young Boy Killed...Case Sent To Circuit Court

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Kanawha County Magistrate Pete Lopez has refused to lower the $100,000 cash-only bond for 21 year old Ethan Chic-Colbert, the man accused in a domestic violence incident along Interstate 77 in Charleston that led to the death of 11 year old Jahlil Clements. Tuesday afternoon, Lopez heard testimony from a witness and the Charleston officer who led the investigation. Mary Crist of Fayette County said she was driving home just after midnight March 4th when she came upon a vehicle rolling backward on the interstate and thought there had been an accident and stopped. Crist testified that, when she and a friend got out of her vehicle to see if they could help, they discovered a man on top of a woman beating her with both fists. Crist identified that man as Chic-Colbert. Police have identified the woman as Lynitrah Woodson, Chic-Colbert's girlfriend and mother of Jahlil Clements. Police say the boy was trying to flag down help for his mother when a passing car struck him. Jahlil suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital where he died several hours later. Magistrate Lopez found probable cause to send the felony child neglect case against Chic-Colbert to Kanawha Circuit Court.