Kornegay sisters kill brother, The Kornegay sisters kill their brother in a gruesome case that has both staggered and disturbed the US nation this week. Sources indicate that this incident of fratricide was committed out of revenge for being bullied; the 15-year-old and 11-year-old girls said their brother was mean and even beat them on various occasions. WWYFF Four News reports this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, that both young teens are being formally charged with separate counts of premeditated murder. The children's first names have not been released due to them being minors.
Specifics on the consequences the two Kornegay sisters who killed their 16-year-old brother may face remain unknown at this time. It will likely be at least a full month until details are released confirming whether the 15-year-old and 11-year-old siblings are to be charged as minors or as adults for their crime. The teen girls are accused of using a gun to shoot their older relative to death out of anger and hurt while he was asleep on the living room couch.
No more than 30 days has been given to the Florida prosecutorial team to decide what course will be taken in this trial of fratricide. According to USA Today News, the elder sister may have already confessed her crime to local police authorities in the southern state. She allegedly broke down in tears over what happened. No further information is available at this time, save that her younger sister “assisted” in his death. The younger child’s involvement has not yet been explained.
As cited in a public news conference hosted this Wednesday, Jeff Siegmeister — Florida State Attorney — mentioned in a statement that both sisters are being detained for three weeks in separate locations. One will be held in a Gainesville detention center while the other is being kept in an Ocala facility. The final charges and jurisdictions are yet to be determined.
Upon reflection, what could possible lead to such a breakdown of a family in this “Kornegay sisters kill brother” headline — something as that has disturbed the nation to such a degree? It appears that their brother treated both of the girls very poorly, and they were unable to take his physical and verbal abuse any longer. One source claimed that the 15-year-old shot her brother after months of abuse and neglect. Yet Sheriff Mark Hunter released a comment saying the motive of the deadly shooting is not yet known at this point in time.
Currently, what is known in this fratricide case is that the elder sister was locked for a time in her bedroom by her 16-year-old brother. After he passed out in the Kornegay family’s home, she managed to sneak into her parents' room — and with the “help” of her 11-year-old sibling — took her father’s gun. She then proceeded to shoot the oldest teen in the head, killing him. The gun had been locked in the parents' room, and was unloaded. However, the girl snuck in via an open window and later fired the single fatal gunshot. Neither parent was home at the time of the attack.
Both mother and father in this two sisters kill brother tragedy are also accused of child neglect involving severe bodily harm. They are currently being charged, and if convicted of the felony crime, could face either steep fines and/or jail time. It appears that this particular shooting is not the cause of the parents’ charges, however. Previous reports prior to their son’s death involved the mother and father locking their 15-year-old daughter in a room with only a bucket and towel for several hours on end. The court proceedings on the murder case continue this week as more details emerge.
