Girl, 12, Accused Of Strangling 9-Year-Old Sister Over A Hamburger

[Matrix Heart]

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - A 12-year-old St. Louis girl has been charged under the juvenile code with murder for allegedly killing her 9-year-old sister, apparently in a dispute over a hamburger.

A detention hearing Wednesday will determine if the child will remain in custody, said Kathryn Herman, assistant administrator for the St. Louis Family Court. A Family Court judge later will determine if the girl should be tried as an adult. No date has been set for that proceeding.

The older girl reported her sister was lifeless in their home near downtown Dec. 22. Medical Examiner Michael Graham said Tuesday that the deceased girl had minor injuries to her neck, but the autopsy did not initially determine a cause of death.

But on Feb. 1, police received a phone call from a social worker. The 12-year-old was in a hospital psychiatric unit, suffering visions and nightmares. The girl had told staff there she strangled her sister during a quarrel over a hamburger, police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Phone messages left with police were not returned Tuesday.

Graham said the girl's statements and the injuries led him to determine the cause of death was strangulation. "No other condition reasonably explains her death," he said.

Charges against the 12-year-old were filed Thursday, Herman said. The child is under the care of the Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital, but is expected to be moved to the Family Court's juvenile center. If convicted as a juvenile, the maximum penalty would be confinement until her 21st birthday.

"It's got to be devastating for the mother," detective Tim Reagan told the newspaper. "I can't imagine losing a child to the hands of a sibling. It's a true tragedy."

Authorities told the Post-Dispatch the two girls had been home alone. At about 9:15 p.m., the 12-year-old called her mother, tearfully saying she had found her sister unresponsive on the bedroom floor of their apartment.

The mother instructed her to get help from a neighbor, who called 911. The mother arrived home and tried CPR until paramedics arrived. The girl was pronounced dead at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.

The older sister told police at the time that she had been watching television in the living room while the younger sister was in a bedroom. The older girl said she checked on her sibling, thought she was asleep and tried to wake her.

Later, the 12-year-old apparently began having emotional problems at school, and officials there asked her mother to have her undergo a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10904807.htm?1c

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[white Boy]

i bet she was a fat bitch

[jobo]

Must have been major hungry!!

[Machiavelli]

i bet she was a fat bitch

lol

[*Jamal*]

This reminds me of the "ONLY IN AMERICA" threads...

[DAYUM]

damn i just finished eating a cheeseburger

but um yeah the bitch was prolly fat

[picoplaya]

thats  tighter than a bowl of gritts

[Sikotic™]

i bet she was a fat bitch

hahahaha i was thinkign the same thing when I saw the title.

[Woodrow]

Gotcha Bitch!

[DAYUM]

^^lmao

[Big BpG]

I think that's just f'd up. I bet she's just having trouble now... when I was younger, me and my bro would fight til the death, there are times when we could just keep beating each other, but if we ended up killing each other... damn, I would feel f'd up for life.

[authentic]

i bet she was a fat bitch

[f0n|{sta]

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[Machiavelli]

i bet she was a fat bitch

lol

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[Kill]

a thread for standard phrases

what's this world come to
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