An adolescent right this moment appeared in court docket charged with the homicide of 16-year-old Leonne Weeks who was discovered stabbed to loss of life on a path.
Shea Peter Heeley, 18, was remanded in custody after a short look at Sheffield Magistrates' Court docket on Saturday morning.
He's accused of killing , whose physique was discovered within the village of Dinnington, close to Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Monday.
Magistrates remanded Heeley, of Dinnington, into custody to seem at Sheffield Crown Court docket on February 17.
Leonne Weeks (pictured left and proper) was discovered lifeless on Monday, January 16, on a pathway in Dinnington
Heeley appeared within the dock with two safety officers and wore a gray t-shirt and gray tracksuit bottoms.
He spoke solely to verify his title, date of start and deal with throughout the two-minute listening to.
The court docket clerk advised the defendant: 'Between January 14 and January 17 of this 12 months, it's alleged, at Dinnington, you murdered Leonne Weeks.'
There was no software for bail.
Mark Adamson, chair of the magistrates' bench, advised Heeley: 'This matter shall be despatched to the Sheffield Crown Court docket, the place you'll seem on February 17 within the morning.'
He added: 'You'll be remanded into custody.'
Dozens of Leonne's members of the family and associates packed into the general public gallery of the court docket room and appeared emotional as they watched the proceedings.
Heeley's household sat individually, some sobbing as he was remanded into custody.
A 26-year-old lady, arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of helping an offender, has been bailed pending additional enquiries.
Family and friends had posted determined appeals about Miss Weeks' whereabouts on Fb on Monday morning after she didn't return house on Sunday night.
Tributes had been laid out the place 's physique was present in Dinnington, South Yorkshire
Forensic investigators on the tow path in Dinnington the place Miss Weeks was discovered on Monday morning
Her physique was discovered lifeless on a towpath in Dinnington simply earlier than 11am on Monday morning.
A autopsy discovered that she had died because of a number of stab wounds.
Detective Chief Inspector Martin Tate, the Senior Investigating Officer, stated: 'I would wish to thank Leonne's household for his or her persistence and help whereas we proceed to conduct enquiries.
'I would additionally wish to thank members of the local people who've come ahead with data to date.
Detective Chief Inspector Martin Tate (pictured), the Senior Investigating Officer, thanked her household for his or her persistence and help
Her physique was discovered on the trail (pictured) in Dinnington, close to Rotherham, simply earlier than 11am on Monday morning
'We're nonetheless interesting for witnesses, notably anybody who was in Dinnington on the night of Sunday, January 15, into the next morning and who noticed or heard something suspicious.'
Miss Weeks was finding out hair and sweetness at Dinnington Faculty on the time of her loss of life.
Pals stated she had gone to satisfy somebody she met on-line earlier than her physique was found.
In a press release launched on Wednesday her household stated: 'We're devastated on the lack of our stunning daughter and sister Leonne.
'She was very a lot beloved and shall be missed by all of us. We'd ask that our privateness is revered at this troublesome time.'
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