A mother accused of stabbing and killing her 4-year-old son in Everett pleaded not guilty Monday. Janet Garcia, 27, stabbed her son, Ariel, dozens of times before leaving his body near Joint Base Lewis-McChord on March 27, charging documents in the case said. Garcia was charged April 15 with first-degree murder. Responding officers noted in their report they initially identified 16 "sharp force wounds" on his body but there could be as many as 41. A medical examiner determined the boy's death to have been caused by "homicidal violence." Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/everett-mother-charged-murder-4-year-old-son/281-5cd5ecdc-f1f2-4800-bbe5-d5e1c8d30673