By Murray Evans
The Associated Press

LEXINGTON - The mother of two Florida boys who killed their father with a baseball bat has been charged with trying to cash in on her sons' Social Security survivor benefits they were not entitled to because of their crime.

Janet D. Lyttle of Lexington was free on bond Thursday. She had been charged in Fayette County District Court on April 30 with four counts of theft by deception, which is a felony.

According to a court document, Lyttle, who also uses the name Kelly M. Marino, "with the intent to deprive, created a false impression as to her relationship with the ... minor children, by providing false information on ... documents with the Social Security Administration to obtain benefits on behalf of her minor children in excess of $13,000."

The complaint, filed by Social Security Administration agent Russell Grimes, said the 35-year-old Lyttle was issued four checks for survivor benefits, all of which were cashed.

Lyttle's sons, Alex King and Derek King, are in separate juvenile detention facilities in Florida. Alex, 13, and Derek, 15, were sentenced to seven and eight years, respectively.