Police have upgraded the charges against 19-year-old Spanley Harris to capital murder.
Harris is accused of robbing and killing Karen Tillman Thursday night. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office says Harris was a passenger in Tillman's car and that he shot her while she was driving down Fort Lake Road. Tillman managed to escape and jump into a witnesses car. The witness took Tillman to her house where she died in the front yard.
Deputies found Harris at his grandmother's home in Irvington. Friday morning, a judge denied him bond. Harris was already facing rape and assault charges in a previous case in which he was granted youthful offender status.
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