The mother of the 16-year-old charged with killing TV analyst Daniel Horowitz's wife in California has been arrested for accessory to murder.

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Scott Edgar Dyleski did not enter a plea during his Thursday arraignment in Martinez, Calif., for first-degree murder and his attorney withdrew from the case, which caused further proceedings to be delayed until Nov. 9, CNN reported Friday.

Dyleski is being held on $1 million bail and will be tried in adult court.

His mother, Esther Fielding, is accused of calling her son and telling him their neighborhood was full of police the night Horowitz found his wife, Diane Vitale, beaten and stabbed at their Lafayette home just east of Oakland, Calif. The Dyleskis were neighbors.

Fielding allegedly told her son to spend the night at his girlfriend's house instead of coming home, an affidavit said.

District Attorney Bob Kochly declined to comment on the case and Contra Costa County Superior Judge David Flynn scheduled a hearing requesting a gag order for Nov. 10.

The case has received nationwide attention because Horowitz is a frequent contributor to TV news shows as a legal analyst.