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A 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter in the April fatal stabbing of an honor roll student who was a cheerleader star, according to a statement from New York’s Westchester County prosecutors. The defendant took responsibility for ending the life of Kayla Green and now faces the consequences of this tragic and devastating incident,” District Attorney Miriam E. Roach said in a statement. ”
We hope that the families of all those affected by this senseless violence can begin the journey to healing.”The defendant, who is not named because she is a minor, has been promised a sentence of three to nine years in state prison when she is sentenced on January 24, according to the statement.
Kayla Green Age
Kayla Green was 39 years old.
Kayla Green Cause of Death
The Journal News reports that 16-year-old Green was captain of the junior varsity cheerleading squad at Mount Vernon High School, and the defendant was a member of an independent cheerleading squad Green had previously been a part of.
Prosecutors said the stabbing occurred minutes after Green participated in a celebration for the Mount Vernon state champion basketball team, according to CBS2 New York. The defendant stabbed Green with a knife that she had previously displayed on social media.
Beloved honors student is fatally stabbed 3 weeks after his 16th birthday, the suspect is a 15-year-old girl
Green was stabbed in the back and side. Despite the efforts of an officer to get involved in the altercation, Green died on the way to the hospital.
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Prosecutors said the defendant also stabbed another teenager during the incident, but the charges against him were dropped due to his age. News 12 The Bronx reported at the time that the other teen was Green’s best friend, who was expected to recover from her injuries. The friend’s mother, Nicole Duncan, told the station that after the incident her daughter “will never be the same again.”
A GoFundMe set up by Green’s family described her as an “honor roll student and gifted dancer” who was “loved and admired by everyone in her community, school and family.” According to the page, Green had just celebrated her 16th birthday three weeks earlier.
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