15-year-old girl arrested and charged after she shot her parents dead.
Daejona Holmes, 15, shot and killed her parents Kinderly Holmes, 37, and Brian Starr, 38, in their Kansas City, Missouri home on the night of April 9. Despite her age, prosecutors plan on charging Daejona as an adult.
Authorities said that they first received a 911 call from Daejona. Responding officers found Holmes dead in an upstairs bedroom and Starr on the first floor, next to the front door. Coroners determined that Holmes died from a single gunshot to the stomach and Starr had been shot once in the mouth and twice in the torso.
Daejona first claimed that her parents were shot during a robbery. But after questioning her, however, it became clear she was not being truthful. Eventually, police claim that Daejona confessed to killing both parents.
Before she allegedly murdered her parents in their Kansas City home earlier this year, authorities believe 15-year-old Daejona Holmes searched online for "scary movies where kids kill parents."
Daejona’s arrest was announced earlier this week by Jackson County prosecutors.
Daejona has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder, as well as armed criminal action. Because Daejona allegedly moved one of her parents’ bodies, she also faces a single count of tampering with physical evidence.
She remains in custody in lieu $150,000 bond and has not yet entered pleas to the charges against her.
Evil child
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