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WHITE SPRINGS, Fla. — One teenage girl accused of plotting to kill her older brother suffered years of physical abuse and was sexually abused by her uncle, authorities said Wednesday.
The 15-year-old girl, whom USA TODAY is not identifying because the 3rd Circuit state attorney has not decided yet whether to charge her as an adult, allegedly shot her 16-year-old brother, Damien Kornegay, sometime Monday evening with a handgun retrieved from a locked room, according to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office spokesman. She told investigators that she was angry her brother beat her up earlier that day and faces a charge of premeditated murder.
The siblings' 11-year-old sister also is being held because she is accused of keeping watch while her older sister broke into the bedroom through a window to get the 9mm handgun, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter said Wednesday. She, too, is not being identified because of her age and faces a charge of premeditated murder.
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"We don't have this in our community," Hunter said. "This is the stuff nightmares are made of."
The gun was unloaded but the teen loaded the weapon before shooting her brother, the sheriff said.
Police documents released Wednesday said the 15-year-old's uncle was convicted of molesting her in 2010. They also say the children's mother at one point discovered the siblings having sex.
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"For our community to have this, there's going to be 100,000 whys," Hunter said. The older sister told investigators that at times for years she had been locked in a room with just a bucket and a blanket, and at one point one of the sisters had been removed from school.
The teen had told police that her parents were due to return around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
The children's father is a trucker, Hunter said. And the children's mother occasionally would accompany her husband on his hauls, leaving the youngsters under Damien's supervision.
The 15-year-old girl, whom USA TODAY is not identifying because the 3rd Circuit state attorney has not decided yet whether to charge her as an adult, allegedly shot her 16-year-old brother, Damien Kornegay, sometime Monday evening with a handgun retrieved from a locked room, according to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office spokesman. She told investigators that she was angry her brother beat her up earlier that day and faces a charge of premeditated murder.
The siblings' 11-year-old sister also is being held because she is accused of keeping watch while her older sister broke into the bedroom through a window to get the 9mm handgun, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter said Wednesday. She, too, is not being identified because of her age and faces a charge of premeditated murder.
Parents of the Year
"We don't have this in our community," Hunter said. "This is the stuff nightmares are made of."
The gun was unloaded but the teen loaded the weapon before shooting her brother, the sheriff said.
Police documents released Wednesday said the 15-year-old's uncle was convicted of molesting her in 2010. They also say the children's mother at one point discovered the siblings having sex.
snip
"For our community to have this, there's going to be 100,000 whys," Hunter said. The older sister told investigators that at times for years she had been locked in a room with just a bucket and a blanket, and at one point one of the sisters had been removed from school.
The teen had told police that her parents were due to return around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
The children's father is a trucker, Hunter said. And the children's mother occasionally would accompany her husband on his hauls, leaving the youngsters under Damien's supervision.
