Bryanna Dutcher's attorney Samuel Shamansky (left) and Delaware County Chief Criminal Assistant Prosecutor Mark Sleepers (right) sit before Magistrate Cory Goe during initial hearings. Credit: Jack Slemenda / Delaware Source

DELAWARE — The daughter of a woman killed last week at a Bean Oller Road home is now charged with murder after prosecutors alleged that deleted text messages show the shooting was planned in advance.

Bryanna Dutcher, 18, was initially charged Aug. 14 with obstruction of justice, a third-degree felony, following the shooting death of her mother, 55-year-old Tamela D. Dutcher.

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