13 year old Taylor, Michigan girl stabs 7 year old sister to death cause younger sibling didn’t flush toilet. Older girl had never been in trouble before as middle school teen is now to be tried as juvenile.
A 13 year old Michigan girl described as ‘having never gotten in trouble before’ is alleged to have stabbed her seven-year-old sister to death following an argument over the younger sibling not flushing the toilet after using it.
The sibling’s stabbing murder unfolded at a home in Taylor, Michigan on Saturday afternoon when the 13-year-old was babysitting her younger sister, Taylor Detective Zachary Digiacomo told FOX2Detroit.
‘It stemmed from a note that was placed in the bathroom and the note was about flushing the toilet,’ Detective Digiacomo said.
‘She was very calm and just showed no emotion,’
At the time, the girls’ parents were not home, police said.
Following the verbal disagreement, the 13-year-old allegedly waited until her sister was in the bathroom again to stab her ‘over 10’ times in the neck, abdomen and head using a butcher knife and a hunting knife, police said.
The teen then called her father, followed by emergency services, and told them she had stabbed her sibling.
‘She was very calm and just showed no emotion,’ Detective Digiacomo said.
The seven-year-old was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police say the teenager used two knives — a butcher knife and a hunting knife.
‘All I can is, it’s shocking, and it’s very tragic,’ Detective Digiacomo said.
Authorities have not released the identity of either sister, nor the identity of the sisters’ parents except to say that the 13 year old was an eighth-grader at a middle school in Taylor.
‘Something wasn’t definitely right with that house.’
The 13-year-old faces multiple charges including first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder, and first-degree child abuse, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
Prosecutor Kym Worthy told FOX2 the older sister will not be tried as an adult, and instead will be held in the juvenile system.
‘Given her young age, the state would have seven years to diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate her until her mandatory release at age 21,’ she said.
‘Hopefully, then she would not be a danger to others.’
The girls’ parents were especially shocked by the incident, Detective Digiacomo said, because their older daughter had never gotten into trouble at home or at school.
‘They only shed light on just normal sibling arguments,’ he said of what the couple had told police.
‘Growing up as kids, you argue with your siblings all the time, but it doesn’t lead to this.’
The incident also stunned the family’s neighbors, with next door neighbor, Julie Pagoda, telling WXYZ, ‘Something wasn’t definitely right with that house.’
Adding, ‘Her overall demeanor, over all how she would be, how she would walk up and down the street, she seemed very sad.’
‘Last night, I was just talking to her last night, and now she’s gone. She used to walk up and down the street every day, riding her bike, walking up and down the street, stopping and talking to neighbors. She was the sweetest little girl. The sweetest little girl.’
During a virtual hearing on Tuesday a referee set the girl’s bond at $10,000 personal bond but said the parents weren’t ready for her to come home.
On Tuesday when asked by the referee if she had ever been in therapy — she said ‘no.’
A bond hearing is set for Thursday.
