ALABAMA, USA — Authorities have charged a juvenile in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old girl in Piedmont, Alabama.
According to the Piedmont Police Department, officers responded to a report of a missing child around 10:50 p.m. on Friday. When they arrived at the scene, they discovered 10-year-old Katheryn Bigbee dead inside the home.
“The parents heard something, and they couldn’t find one of the children inside the home,” Chief Nathan Johnson told WBRC. “And so they went outside to look. And that’s how it came in as a missing person. They ended up finding a female with extensive injuries, appeared to be deceased.”
Following the investigation, police took another child into custody and charged them with murder.
The Calhoun County Coroner confirmed Tuesday that Katheryn suffered multiple stab wounds.
“Our family has been torn to pieces, and we have lost the most amazing, sweetest little girl. She was a light in any room she walked into,” Blake Trammell, who is in a relationship with Katheryn’s mother, wrote in a Facebook post. “I cannot express the pain, guilt, and emptiness that has come from all of this. We don’t have answers, only more questions.”
The investigation remains ongoing. Due to the circumstances of the case, authorities have not released the suspect’s name or age.
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