A Clayton County woman fatally stabbed her mother who was trying to evict her, police said.
Takeyia Kentay Guthridge, 24, has been charged with murder for the stabbing death of Deloise Adu, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
The two had been to the Clayton County courthouse Tuesday for a dispossessory hearing, in which a Clayton magistrate court judge ordered Guthridge to leave the home the women shared within seven days, according to court and police records.
When they returned home, police say the two began arguing about where Guthridge was going to live.
Guthridge took a knife from the kitchen and returned to the living room to ask Adu, 44, for money, police said.
When Adu refused, police say Guthridge climbed on top of Adu, stabbing her mother seven times in the chest, shoulders, head and arms.
A relative in the house heard the commotion and came to pull Guthridge away from Adu and call for emergency services.
Adu was taken to Southern Regional Hospital in Riverdale, where she died, authorities said.
"The offender did state that she stabbed her mother multiple times because of the eviction issue," police spokesman Phong Nguyen said said.
Guthridge remains in the Clayton County jail awaiting a preliminary court hearing on June 19 and a bond hearing June 29.
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