A 13-year-old girl in Pennsylvania allegedly stabbed her mother to death in the middle of the day last Friday and then told a news reporter on scene that she felt “regret, guilt, and self-disgust” as she was led into a police van in handcuffs.
The suspect, identified publicly as Lataya Powell since she was charged as an adult with criminal homicide and other offenses, stands accused of repeatedly and fatally stabbing her 44-year-old mother in the “torso and head area” and wounding an 11-year-old boy at their Wilkes-Barre home.
The Wilkes-Barre Police Department said that they responded to the scene just after 12:30 p.m. on Good Friday and found Powell’s mother “nonresponsive” at the South Sherman Street residence.
“The initial investigation determined that the 44 YOA Victim was suffering from apparent wounds to the torso and head area and was nonresponsive. A second victim and the suspect were also located at the scene. The second victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment,” cops said.
According to WBRE/WYOU, police alleged in an affidavit that Powell acknowledged that the victim “took” her phone before they had an argument that turned deadly, adding “I’m reason my mom is dead.”
“I don’t have my phone because my mom took it before our fight” and “I don’t know how people can do stuff like this and not feel bad about it,” the 13-year-old allegedly said at the scene.
The local news affiliates’ cameras were rolling, too, when Powell was taken into custody. Reporter Gianna Galli held up a microphone and asked the suspect, “Any emotion at all?”
“Regret, guilt, and self-disgust,” Powell could be heard saying.
The juvenile defendant facing a homicide charge as an adult will also have to fight aggravated assault and evidence tampering counts.
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