MI - 13-year old girl stabs 7-year old sister to death - September 28, 2024

[Trebor5591]

the parents claim there were no red flags and that the 13 year old had never been in therapy and never been in any kind of trouble at school or elsewhere.

I have my doubts about this.

 

[Trebor5591]

I think for most people it would depend on the relationship they had with the 13 y.o., prior to the her stabbing her young sister 10 times with a large knife.

large knive(s). From what I read she started with the kitchen butchers knife, and then (probably not doing as much damage as she wanted) left and came back with a "hunting knife", which are stronger and better designed for stabbing and killing. JMO

 

[NCWatcher]

I had originally thought that the 7 year old left the toilet flushing note and the 13 year old got offended, but now that you mention it, maybe it was the other way around!

Yes, the 7 year old seems to have been the cuddled one and jealousy may have been brewing.

Tragic all around, and it’s too bad it couldn’t have been avoided, but the parents claim there were no red flags and that the 13 year old had never been in therapy and never been in any kind of trouble at school or elsewhere.

But yes, communication problems had to have been part of the dynamic which broke down horribly.

Hard to know. Reports do vary. This one says the 7 yr old left the note. Also says the 13 year old called her stepfather after stabbing the child. And the knife is described as the mother's "self-defense" knife. Definitely a tragedy.

Taylor girl ambushed sister in bathroom after argument, fatally stabbing her

The 13-year-old girl was charged as a juvenile, prosecutors said, with the hopes that she could be rehabilitated.

www.detroitnews.com

MOO

 

[SMK777]

Hmmm...
I remember you wrote upthread about "being in denial".
Agree 100%

JMO

I think there had to be some degree of denial, definitely.

 

[SMK777]

Hard to know. Reports do vary. This one says the 7 yr old left the note. Also says the 13 year old called her stepfather after stabbing the child. And the knife is described as the mother's "self-defense" knife. Definitely a tragedy.

Taylor girl ambushed sister in bathroom after argument, fatally stabbing her

The 13-year-old girl was charged as a juvenile, prosecutors said, with the hopes that she could be rehabilitated.

www.detroitnews.com

MOO

Yes, I do recall reading that the 7 year old wrote the note, thanks.
She called the stepfather prior to 911, interesting. I’m surprised she didn’t just take off and run away without calling anyone…

 

[seasideForest]

, but the parents claim there were no red flags

If for some reason or other the parents were looking the wrong way, they wouldn't have seen the red flags. MOO

 

[SMK777]

If for some reason or other the parents were looking the wrong way, they wouldn't have seen the red flags. MOO

True. I know from experience within my family that people can and often do miss red flags even when they are clearly showing, through denial or self-protection, etc.

 

[shetalksinstereo]

large knive(s). From what I read she started with the kitchen butchers knife, and then (probably not doing as much damage as she wanted) left and came back with a "hunting knife", which are stronger and better designed for stabbing and killing. JMO

Why would a parent leave something like that accessible for one thing? And, the older kid seemed to know about it, which is another whole problem! It's like people that leave firearms accessible, there is no reason for it!

 

[tlcya]

kitchen tools live in the kitchen? mine never were under lock and key, even when my children were younger? Sure they were kept up and out of reach of littles but my teens had access to them. At 13 I and my children after me already knew how to prep and cook certain meals and use those kitchen tools.

as to the hunting knife with serrated edge, I'm sure that was probably put up somewhere out of reach of littles but probably also not under lock and key.

Guns are weapons, knives are tools JMO

 

[NCWatcher]

kitchen tools live in the kitchen? mine never were under lock and key, even when my children were younger? Sure they were kept up and out of reach of littles but my teens had access to them. At 13 I and my children after me already knew how to prep and cook certain meals and use those kitchen tools.

as to the hunting knife with serrated edge, I'm sure that was probably put up somewhere out of reach of littles but probably also not under lock and key.

Guns are weapons, knives are tools JMO

It's surprising to me the 13 year old knew where to quickly find the hunting knife when the kitchen knife "wasn't getting the job done." (Per a police detective) Various reports have described the hunting knife as the mother's "self-defense" knife. Supposedly it was kept in the laundry room. (Sounds like a weapon to me.) Taylor girl ambushed sister in bathroom after argument, fatally stabbing her
MOO

 

[SMK777]

It's surprising to me the 13 year old knew where to quickly find the hunting knife when the kitchen knife "wasn't getting the job done." (Per a police detective) Various reports have described the hunting knife as the mother's "self-defense" knife. Supposedly it was kept in the laundry room. (Sounds like a weapon to me.) Taylor girl ambushed sister in bathroom after argument, fatally stabbing her
MOO

It was a combat knife, as per the pictures in the article, and definitely a weapon.