A 14-year-old Avondale girl must wait until next week to learn whether she'll be tried as an adult in the death of her father.

        The teen is accused of throwing bleach on 39-year-old Archie Dale Hall during an argument over her 17-year-old boyfriend. Mr. Hall died Feb. 18 as a result of bleach inhalation, authorities said.

        The girl and her boyfriend appeared Monday in Hamilton County Juvenile Court.

        Defense attorneys told Juvenile Court Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon that their clients were acting in self-defense. The teens are not being named because of their age.

        Jermaine Davis, 19, a nephew of Mr. Hall's who witnessed portions of the Jan. 28 incident, told Judge Hendon that Mr. Hall had been drinking that day. Mr. Hall assumed — incorrectly — that his daughter had allowed her boyfriend to spend the night with her in the family's Northern Avenue home, Mr. Davis told the judge.

        “When (Mr. Hall) got drunk, he just started talking crazy. He wouldn't be able to control himself,” Mr. Davis said.

        He said he was in another room, but heard Mr. Hall yelling at the girl about her boyfriend. He heard what he thought was the dresser hitting the wall. He found both Mr. Hall and the 14-year-old girl drenched in bleach.

        The teen kept laundry supplies in her room because she didn't want others in the household using them.

        In interviews with police, the girl gave conflicting statements on whether the bleach-throwing was accidental or intentional.

        The boyfriend said he briefly wrestled with the father, but only after the older man attempted to hit him.

        Mr. Hall complained that he couldn't breathe and eventually threw up blood and other fluids. He was hospitalized and never regained consciousness before his death weeks later.

        Judge Hendon said she doubted defense contentions of self-defense and ordered the teens to undergo court tests before they return to court April 2.

        The girl is charged with involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault. The boy had been charged with complicity to felonious assault, but Judge Hendon Monday decreased that charge to aggravated assault.

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