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Mississippi Sisters, Ages 12 And 14, Charged For Stabbing Their Mother To Death
Two sisters in Mississippi have been charged in connec- tion with the fatal stabbing of their mother Friday night.
According to Pike County Sheriff Kenny Cotton, a 12- year-old and 14-year-old girl killed their mother, Ericka Hall, 32, who was found at her house with multiple stab wounds and a gunshot wound, reported the Enter- prise-Journal.
“She was stabbed in the back. The knife was still in her back,” Ericka Hall's aunt Robin Coney told WLBT.
Sheriff’s deputies re- sponded to the Hall’s house after relatives found her un- responsive and lying on the ground outside. Investigators said Hall was stabbed multi- ple times and shot once in the chest with a small-caliber handgun.
Erica Hall and her 14-year-old daughter Amariyona Hall.
The home of Erica Hall and where she was found dead.
“It was her gun. It was in her car,” Coney told WLBT. “So they had got it out. So I guess when they were doing all that to her, she was prob- ably trying to get to her gun to fight for her life.”
Once police arrived on the scene, they unsuccessfully at-
tempted to resuscitate Hall. “They found out the daugh- ters — two teenagers, juve- niles — allegedly did it,”
Cotton told the Journal.
The unnamed 12-year-old is currently being held in the Adams County Juvenile De- tention Center, while the old-
est sister, Amariyona Hall, is being charged with murder as an adult. Amariyona is being held in the Pike County jail on a $150,000 bond.
Cotton also said mental evaluations are pending for both.
“They’re charged with
murder and we’re going to apply the law,” Cotton said. According to deputies, the
girls tried to run their mother over last week during a dis- pute. The mother reportedly punished the girls and they retaliated with the fatal at- tack.
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