(WPXI) – Prosecutors have filed documents indicating that they will seek the death penalty against the father accused of killing his son in Westmoreland County in May 2022. Azuree Charles, 9, who was found strangled to death behind his house in New Kensington after he was reported missing. Azuree’s father, Jean Charles, was charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and strangulation. His mother, Luella Elien was charged by detectives with aggravated assault of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said she allowed Jean Charles to continue watching her four children despite known allegations of child abuse. Police said they have surveillance video showing Azuree in the area the night of the murder. They found the clothes he was seen wearing and a shovel not far where his red bike was found, with all DNA evidence matching his.