A 13-year-old Taylor girl has been charged with murder after police say she fatally stabbed her seven-year-old sister over the weekend, the Wayne County Prosecutors office announced Monday.
On September 28, 2024, at approximately 1:06 p.m., Taylor police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 14200 block of Banner Avenue, near Telegraph & Eureka, according to authorities.
Upon their arrival, officers located the victim in the bathroom of the home, suffering from multiple wounds. Medics arrived on the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital where she died to her injuries, police said.
Prosecutors say the parents of the children left the house at around 11:00 a.m. and had the juvenile babysit for her seven-year-old sister.
It is alleged that the juvenile and the victim had a verbal argument. After the verbal argument ended, it is alleged that the juvenile waited in the bathroom until the victim came in and stabbed her multiple times with a knife,” Prosecutors said in a news release.
The juvenile then called 911.
The juvenile has been charged with First Degree Premeditated Murder, Felony Murder.
“We considered adult designating her which is not the same thing as trying her as an adult. It gives the judge the option of sentencing the respondent as a juvenile, or as an adult, or giving a blended juvenile sentence with an option of imposing an adult sentence if the juvenile is not rehabilitated. Our other option was to keep her in the juvenile system. We opted to do just that. Given her young age, the State would have seven years to diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate her until her mandatory release at age 21,” Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a news release.
