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PLEASANT RIDGE 
 Joshua Elmore is only 17, but he could spend the rest of his life in prison.

The Pleasant Ridge teen is accused of killing his 50-year-old neighbor, Javaneva Green, in a burglary at her first-floor unit last week at Glengate Acres apartments off Glengate Lane.

Cincinnati police found her body just after noon on Thursday.

Five days later, on Tuesday, detectives and uniformed officers returned to the apartment complex and led Elmore away in handcuffs. He was charged with aggravated murder and aggravated burglary, both felonies.

He spent the night without bond at the Hamilton County juvenile detention facility in Mt. Auburn and appeared before Magistrate David Montgomery this morning.

Juvenile county prosecutors requested the teen be bound over to face the charges as an adult. He also will remain locked up without bond.

A juvenile judge will decide whether to bind him over at a Sept. 19 probable cause hearing, but it�s mandatory Elmore face charges as an adult due to his age, explained Triffon Callos, spokesman for the county prosecutor�s office.

The teen could serve 15 years to life in prison.

�The case is appropriate for bindover due to the serious nature of the offense,� Callos said, declining further comment on the case.

When Elmore appeared in juvenile court this morning, his mother dabbed her eyes and told him she loved him.

She declined comment afterward, but neighbors said the teen lived one building over from Green�s at the apartment complex.

Gospel music often wafted from Green�s window when she was home, neighbors said.

�She was a churchgoing, nice lady. She kept to herself,� said Shonda Evans, 22, as she cradled her 3-week-old son in her arms. �It's scary living here now. She was murdered in the same building I live in. It's hard to sleep now. Me and my family sleep in the same room every night now."

�I live across the hall from her,� added Jihad Sanders, 22, as he buckled his daughter, 1, into a car seat in the backseat of his vehicle. �I am going to move. This is not something you want your child around.�

Residents said they are relieved the suspect was caught so fast, but they remain shocked it was Elmore who was arrested.

�He didn't seem like the murdering type. But you could tell he was going through a lot at home,� Evans said. �He always spoke to me. He said hi or asked me if I had a cigarette."

She said she didn't realize he was a minor until he was arrested yesterday.

"It's sad on both parts," Evans said. "One woman is dead and another mother has lost her son. There's no good outcome for anyone basically."

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