12yo girl accused of smothering her 8yo cousin over iPhone
A 12-year-old girl in Tennessee has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept. A relative said they had been arguing over an iPhone.
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... A security camera recorded the killing, inside the bedroom they shared on July 15 in Humboldt, Tennessee, the county prosecutor said. The recording shows the older child using bedding to suffocate her cousin as the younger girl slept in the top bunk, Gibson District Attorney Frederick Agee's statement said. After the child died, "the juvenile cleaned up the victim and repositioned her body," Agee said. A relative told WREG-TV in Memphis that the girls had been arguing over an iPhone after coming from out of town to stay with their grandmother. The girl was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence after authorities obtained the video on Wednesday. ...
The recording shows the older child using bedding to suffocate her cousin as the younger girl slept in the top bunk, Gibson District Attorney Frederick Agee's statement said. After the child died, "the juvenile cleaned up the victim and repositioned her body," Agee said.
A relative told WREG-TV in Memphis that the girls had been arguing over an iPhone after coming from out of town to stay with their grandmother.
The girl was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence after authorities obtained the video on Wednesday. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-20 04:38 PM | Reply
Absolutely horrific. This 12-year-old girl needs to be thoroughly evaluated by psychiatrists/psychologists and institutionalized as she is too young and vulnerable for the general prison population.
The murder made me recall "The Bad Seed," a classic film from the 1950s:
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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-07-21 02:25 AM | Reply
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