Some of those pictures look like they were taken earlier, maybe as long as a few months ago. It looks like she was trying to represent a bloody crime scene using the giraffe as the victim. The tree trunk looks about the same size as the tree in their front yard.
She may have been having urges for awhile and tried to resist them. Whoever she spoke to on the phone on the night of the murder said she was suicidal or homicidal. She may have reached out to them for help.
Either way, she committed an unforgivable act. She may have felt remorseful afterwards. That she immediately called 911 and was hysterical shows she knew what she did was wrong. She also may have covered her sister's face with the pillow out of guilt and shame. Her age may be a factor when deciding where she is placed and what her sentence will be. There may be hope for some type of rehabilitation.
The maximum penalty for 1st degree murder in PA is life without parole or in rare cases, death. Imo
This case chills me to the bone. I think she had premeditated doing this horrific violence long before she carried it out.
She's too young for the death penalty to be an option. The defendant must be 18 years of age or older per the USSC.
Its certain she certainly was having homicidal thoughts, and sadly for her beautiful sister, and family she carried it out in a horrendous manner.
Imo, she had been having thoughts of wanting to kill someone long before she did. She selected her sister as her target because she knew she was the easiest, and most vulnerable to prey upon.
She reminds me of other young teen killers who killed innocent victims because they wanted to kill them to satisfy the fantasy they had thought about for some time. The fantasy of just murdering someone no longer satisfied them. They usually prey on victims who they know are vulnerable. One case comes to mind when another young female teen killer lured an innocent 9 year old child in order to murder her, and did. She wanted to know what it felt like to murder someone, and there have been many other young teen murderers doing horrific premeditated murders. Some murdered their victims because they wanted to experience the thrill of killing someone whether it was someone they knew well or lured victims they didnt know well. Some of the violent offenders invaded homes of those they did not even know to kill them for the thrill of being able to do so.
I don't think she will be declared mentally ill... and will be found competent to stand trial. Imo, she's another teen killer devoid of feelings at the time they murdered. Her picture to me shows her eyes are vacant.
Imo she knew her parents would know she was the one who murdered her sister. It may come out she had made violent threats before, and may have even abused her sister in the past before ultimately murdering her.
It's obvious her homicidal violence far outweighed any suicidal thoughts. I don't even think she thought about killing herself or she would have tried to harm herself which she did not.
I hope she gets the harshest sentence allowed for she brutally murdered someone she knew had a disability. I do hope the scratches are from her dead sister. How horrible it must have been for her sister to know her own sister was going to kill her. Imo, her dead sister may have been more loving, and likable than her killer sister who seems to have been very strange. Her sister seems to be happy even though disabled.
I certainly don't see any evidence she murdered her sister in cold blood because she felt sorry for her. Nor do I see this teen killer as the one who took care of her sister either. I think she selected her sister to fulfill her homicidal fantasy ideations because she knew she was the easiest target due to her vulnerability.
My heart goes out to the murdered sister, and her parents. I can't even imagine what it must feel like knowing their child was brutally murdered, and knowing her precious life was taken by another child. What an ultimate betrayal they will have to live with for the rest of their lives.
Jmho