10-22-2013 Georgia:Child charged with murder, held at youth detention center
A convicted sex offender was stabbed to death by her 14-year-old niece.
Monday night, paramedics found the body of 49-year-old Shirley Elaine Mack on the kitchen floor of her small brick home on Scott Store Road just north of Midville.
She appeared to have a single stab wound to her chest.
The child accused of killing Mack had been living in the house along with four younger children.
“It appears that they got into some kind of argument and the girl got a knife and stabbed (Mack),” Sheriff Greg Coursey said, noting a 911 call was received around 8:30 p.m.
Although the child’s name has not been released, the sheriff confirmed the 14-year-old is being held at a youth detention center in Sandersville. GBI Special Agent Pat Morgan told The True Citizen she is charged with murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.
