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Girl, 14, pleads guilty in death of her mother, a Jim Thorpe native

Jamie Silvonek,14, pleaded guilty today in the death of mother, Cheryl L. Silvonek, a Jim Thorpe native.

Silvonek pleaded guilty in Lehigh County Court, to first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy, abuse of a corpse and tampering

with evidence and was sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison.

In April 2015, Silvonek, who has been held in the Lehigh County Jail, was charged as an adult in the death of her mother, a 54-year-old Jim Thorpe native whose body was found in South Whitehall Township.

Silvonek's boyfriend, Caleb Gregory Barnes, 21, was charged with homicide, abuse of a

corpse, tampering with physical evidence and criminal conspiracy. Barnes' case is scheduled for trial on April 11.