Documents: Girl, 15, Who Shot Brother, 16, Suffered Abuse

[sarisataka]

Documents: Girl, 15, Who Shot Brother, 16, Suffered Abuse
WHITE SPRINGS, Fla. — Jan 7, 2015, 8:17 PM ET
By JASON DEAREN Associated Press


A 15-year-old girl who fatally shot her 16-year-old brother suffered years of abuse, including being locked in a room for weeks at a time with only a blanket and a bucket to use the bathroom, according to police reports and interviews.

The shooting at a small white house off a dirt road in rural north Florida happened Monday while the children's parents were away for work. The father, a truck driver, and his wife, who often goes with him, left the 16-year-old boy to watch over the 15-year-old, her 11-year-old sister and their 3-year-old sister, police said. The parents left Sunday and were due back Tuesday.

Sometime Monday, the 15-year-old girl was locked in her room by her brother, police said. After the boy fell asleep, she talked her 11-year-old sister into unlocking her door.

The older girl knew her parents kept a pistol in their room, but they had locked their door. So the girl went outside and used a knife to remove an air conditioner from her parents' bedroom window. She climbed in while her 11-year-old sister kept watch and grabbed the gun out of a pink bag and loaded it, police said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-florida-sisters-15-11-fatally-shoot-brother-28050408
So much wrong in this story...
While murdering the brother was unacceptable, it seems the abuse is not really being taken into account by the DA.

[NV Whino]

1. The parents admitted to locking her up, too

For 20 days one time. Her uncle was convicted of molesting her. This poor girl needs help, not jail. And I can't believe they are considering charging her younger sister (11) as an adult as well. This is one fucked up case. And considering all the molestation going on, one wonders about the parentage of the three-year-old.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

2. Poor girl. I hope the remaining children are

removed from those imbecilic parents.

[In_The_Wind]

3. The management of this case has been unacceptable.

Police documents released Wednesday said the girl's uncle was convicted of molesting her in 2010. They also say the children's mother discovered the siblings having sex in 2011. Authorities and child welfare officials investigated, but no one was charged.

If this abused and neglected child had been protected, given compassionate medical treatment and placed in foster care this might have been avoided.

IMO: The State of Florida failed to protect this child.