GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A Shaker Heights teenager is charged in the January shooting death of his aunt at her home in Garfield Heights, police said.

The 16-year-old is charged with murder in the Jan. 8 shooting Nicole S. Thorpe, 36, who was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head at a house on Crofton Road near Turney Road, Garfield Heights police said.

The charge was filed Monday in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, police said. Cleveland.com does not name defendants charged in juvenile court unless they're charged as adults.

It's unclear whether the boy will face charges in adult court. Messages left for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Prosecutor's Office were not immediately returned.

Forensic evidence connected the teenager to his aunt's killing and he requested to speak with an attorney before officers could question him, investigators said.

Authorities did not provide any additional information about the shooting.

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