Jasmiyah and Tasimyah Whitehead were 16 when they stabbed their mother, Jarmecca, 34, to death. They stabbed her so violently and repeatedly that they severed her spinal cord
Jasmiyah and Tasimyah Whitehead were 16 when they
stabbed their mother, Jarmecca, 34, to death. They stabbed her so
violently and repeatedly that they severed her spinal cord.
The
twins attacked their mother after getting into an argument on January
13, 2010, at their home in Conyers, Georgia before school. They dragged
her injured body to the bathtub and watched her die slowly, before
setting out to school.
The twins recounted the events that day up to the mother. They related how it had begun as an argument when it turned violent.
Jasmiyah
broke a pot over her mother's head while Tasmiyah, in the chaos,
stabbed her mother, with Jasmiyah strangling her with a ribbon.
The twins then carried their mother and submerged her in a bathtub filled with water.
They
watched her die and related their mother saying how much she hated them
as she died. After the murder, they took her purse and phone while
putting the knife and pot in a plastic bag before setting out to school.
It
wasn't until later in the day that they called the police who initially
treated them as victims since they claimed to have found her body. They
became suspects only when biter and scratch marks were seen on their
bodies.
They initially pleaded not guilty when
they were charged four months later. They claimed regretting not calling
the police and helping their injured mother.
They both got sentenced 30 years.
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