Teen at center of 2016 fundraising drive in court for murder charge
Chauncy Black, the teen who asked a stranger to buy him doughnuts and ended up the beneficiary of a generous GoFundMe campaign, waits with his brother Timothy Black (left) in Judge Gerald Skahan's court on Thursday, Feb. 13, for the start of a preliminary hearing on a murder charge. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Chauncy Black, the teen at the center of a fund-raising campaign, now faces voluntary a manslaughter charge in the death of his neighbor. A grand jury will decide if he will be indicted on the charge.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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