Overview
- The Contra Costa County District Attorney charged 36-year-old Brittney Evanna Kazee with one count of felony murder and an enhancement for using a knife.
- Martinez police said they responded around 1:40 p.m. on Nov. 18 to a reported altercation at an apartment complex on Fig Tree Lane.
- Officers found the 19-year-old daughter unconscious with a stomach wound, and she later died at John Muir Walnut Creek Medical Center.
- Kazee was arrested near the scene and remains in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility on $1 million bail.
- Authorities have described the incident as following an argument, and news outlets have reported differing spellings of the victim’s name pending official confirmation.