“Heart-Wrenching Twist: Teen’s Emotional Breakdown as Jury Delivers Shocking Verdict in Mother’s Tragic Death”
Greggâs mother, Ashley Smylie, was killed after she was shot a number of times by her daughter. Her stepfather, Heath Smylie, was wounded on his shoulder after he was lured into the house by the teenager, before he managed to take the weapon away from her hands.
The jury faced two possible outcomes for the case: a guilty verdict or a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity, as Greggâs defense had hoped.
A 15-year-old girl broke into tears after being sentenced to life in prison following her gruesome murder of her mother, and the injury of her stepfather
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âWe donât know why she committed these crimes, but she did,” Prosecutor Kathryn Newman said after urging the jury to impose the harshest sentence available, without possibility of parole.Â
“Ladies and gentlemen, she is dangerous,” she added.
On the other hand, defense attorney Kevin Camp pleaded with the court to show mercy, acknowledging the heavy toll the situation has had on Greggâs family.
âShe may have the chance to turn things around,â he pleaded, asking them to not sentence the girl to a life in prison.
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Gregg, who was filmed nervously laughing at some point in the hearing, broke down in tears as the verdict was read. Her stepfather, Heath, who survived the incident, accompanied by the girlâs grandparents, were present in the courtroom and seemed to offer her words of support.
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In addition to the sentence she got for the murder of her mother, Gregg received another life sentence for shooting her stepfather plus 10 additional years for tampering with evidence, as she tried to hide the security camera that captured the incriminating footage at her house.
