By The newspaper
02 Apr 2024, 01:13 AM EDT
A 13-year-old girl was accused of being allegedly responsible for the stabbing death of her mother and wounding her younger brother. Authorities revealed that the suspect is being charged as an adult on charges of murder, two counts of aggravated assault and tampering with evidence.
The Wilkes-Barre Police Department received an emergency call regarding a woman who was unresponsive and not breathing. Officers responded to a home located at 20 South Sherman Street.
When they entered the home they discovered a woman, identified as Tameeka S. Tucker, 44, with multiple stab wounds to her neck and back and a copious flow of blood coming from her head. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The girl admitted that she killed her mother
In an armchair was an 11-year-old boy, who had stab wounds in the back, but they were not life-threatening. He was taken to a hospital. With them was a 13-year-old teenager, identified as Lataya Powell, who admitted having killed her mother.
Wilkes-Barre police say Lataya Powell got into an argument with her mother over her cell phone. Detectives did not find knives or any sharp instruments at the scene, but they did notice that a kitchen drawer was broken.
“I killed my mother and she will never forgive me if she is alive”
The criminal complaint states that Powell told officers, “I killed my mother and she will never forgive me if she is alive.” The young girl was taken into custody, and she revealed to authorities, “I don’t have my phone because my mom took it before our fight.”
Officers said she allegedly told them she threw the gun she used to stab her mother and brother at a neighbor’s door, 28/22 News reported.
Lataya Powell left her house handcuffed and accompanied by an officer, who put her in an official van. The young girl was wearing a complete red plaid suit at the time of her arrest.
Powell was charged as an adult
The same media outlet reported that the young girl also told the officers: “I am the reason my mother is dead” and “I don’t know how people can do things like this and not feel bad about it,” reported the half.
Powell was charged with murder, two counts of aggravated assault and tampering with evidence. Authorities say she is being charged as an adult.
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