A Mississippi teenager has been charged with tried homicide and first-degree arson after allegedly stabbing her mom a number of instances and attempting to set the residence on hearth.
Lexi Jade Brown, 15, was arrested after police responded to a Gulfport, Miss., residence early within the morning on Friday, June 14, “in reference to a chopping incident,” Gulfport police stated in a press release on Monday. They discovered a lady with a number of stab wounds.
The alleged sufferer reportedly woke as much as Brown stabbing her as she lay in mattress, investigators say, including that “Brown then tried to start out a hearth contained in the residence.”
In the course of the investigation, Brown allegedly informed authorities she had deliberate to kill her mom as a result of the alleged victim was a “weird b—-,” the assertion claims.
Brown allegedly stated her mom was “suppressing the black in her,” per the assertion, nevertheless it didn’t make clear the reference any additional.
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Brown is being held at an grownup detention facility on $1.25 million bond, per police. Juveniles over the age of 13 are tried as adults for prison offenses within the state.
The investigation is ongoing and police are requesting anybody with info surrounding the incident to contact the Gulfport Police Division at 228-868-5959 or Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898.
