Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 17, 1994                   TAG: 9404170105
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HARRISONBURG                                LENGTH: Short

2 TEENS CONVICTED OF KILLING WOMAN

The seven men and five women on the Rockingham County Circuit Court jury deliberated three hours before finding Camellia Fries and Shawn Roadcap, 15, guilty of first-degree murder.

Camellia Fries had denied she killed Marilyn Fries, a 35-year-old divorced nurse, and blamed the killing on Roadcap. The boy had told investigators he helped hold Marilyn Fries while Camellia Fries repeatedly stabbed her mother with an 8-inch knife.

Rockingham County Circuit Judge Dennis Hupp said he will sentence the children May 4 after a juvenile probation officer reviews their mental conditions.

The maximum punishment would place the teen-agers in the custody of the Department of Youth and Family Services until their 21st birthdays. But Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Russell Stone Jr. said they likely will spend no more than two years in a juvenile learning center.

In December, Roadcap, Camellia Fries and Stephanie Fries all were convicted of first-degree murder by a juvenile court judge.

All three appealed to Circuit Court. Stephanie Fries will be tried separately April 25.

- Associated Press