Tennessee: In a shocking incident, a 12-year-old girl in Tennessee of United States, allegedly smothered her 8-year-old cousin over an argument over an iPhone. Reportedly the entire incident, which took place while the victim was sleeping, was captured on a security camera installed inside the bedroom. The minor girl has been reportedly charged with murder by the police and further legal action into the matter is being taken.
As per a county prosecutor, a relative of the girl stated that both the victim and the 12-year-old minor girl had been arguing over an iPhone. Later, a security camera recorded the killing, inside the bedroom they shared on July 15 in Humboldt in Tennessee.
Girl Charged With First-Degree Murder
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.
“I consider this to be one of the most disturbing violent acts committed by either an adult or juvenile that my office has prosecuted,” Agee wrote in the statement.
He said he would petition a judge to prosecute the girl, who turns 13 later this month, in adult court, which would allow for “a lengthier sentence, whether that will be through incarceration or supervision with court-ordered conditions.”
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