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Carly Gregg Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing her Mother · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Mississippi teenager carl Gregg wept in court on Friday as
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  she was convicted of the brutal murder of her mother
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  and the attempted murder of her stepfather following the revelation
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  of her involvement with drugs earlier this year. The fifteen
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  year old was found guilty on all counts, which included
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  first degree murder, attempted murder, and tampering with evidence. She
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  has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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  The jury's decision was influenced by disturbing surveillance footage that
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  depicted the young girl appearing innocent, moving awkwardly around their
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  home in Brandon while concealing a firearm behind her back,
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  moments before she fatally shot her mother, Ashley Smiley, forty,
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  who was a math teacher at Northwest Rankin High School.
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  The jury engaged in deliberations for approximately two hours before
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  delivering their verdict. At the time of the incident, greg
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  was fourteen years old and was also facing charges for
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  the shooting of her stepfather, Heath Smiley, in their residence
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  in Brandon, Mississippi, on March nineteen, Following the revelation of
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  her involvement with drugs. The disturbing surveillance footage captured Greg,
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  dressed in a Nirvana bandshirt as she moved out of
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  the camera's view into her mother's bedroom, just moments before
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  three gunshots were heard, accompanied by Smiley's anguished screams, As
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  reported by Law and Crime. Approximately ten seconds later, the
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  teenager reappeared in the kitchen, still concealing the firearm behind
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  her back. Prosecutors indicated that Greg maintained her position facing
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  the camera throughout this time in an attempt to obscure
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  the weapon, which was later confirmed to be a three
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  fifty seven magnum handgun. Upon returning to the camera's view,
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  Greg was observed retrieving her mother's phone from the kitchen
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  counter her and calmly sitting on a stool with her
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  two dogs by her side. Prosecutors assert that Greg subsequently
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  sent multiple text messages in a nonchalant manner, one of
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  which was directed to her stepfather in an attempt to
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  entice him to their residence. The message, reportedly sent to
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  Heath inquired, when will you be home, honey. Upon Heath's
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  arrival at the home shortly thereafter, Greg allegedly shot him
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  in the shoulder before he could disarm her, as presented
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  in court. Additionally, prosecutors indicated that the teenager had purportedly
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  messaged a friend requesting her presence due to an emergency.
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  Have you ever encountered a deceased individual? My mother is
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  located within that space. The friend asserted that Greg inquired
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  upon her arrival at the residence. Greg committed the shootings
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  merely hours after a friend had seemingly informed her mother
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  regarding the adolescence use of marijuana. Upon returning home from
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  school that day, the mother initiated a search of Greg's
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  room and uncovered a collection of vape pens. As presented
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  in court, According to the testimony of a friend, he
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  expressed considerable concern regarding Carly's marijuana use, her state of
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  being high, and her possession of Berner phones that were
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  unknown to her mother. This prompted him to inform Miss
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  Ashley Smiley on that particular day. As stated by Rankin
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  County Assistant District Attorney Catherine Newman, during the trial, Greg
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  rejected a plea agreement and opted to pursue an insanity defense.
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  On Thursday, Psychiatrist doctor Andrew Clark testified that the adolescent
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  was experiencing a mental health crisis. On the day of
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  the incident, He noted that the teenager was undergoing severe
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  mood fluctuations, perceiving auditory hallucinations, and experiencing dissociative issues which
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  were exacerbated by her medication. Informed the court. Subsequently, her
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  mother discovered that she was using marijuana for Carly. In particular,
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  her desire for her mother's approval was profound, making this
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  situation a significant crisis for her. In a separate testimony
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  on Tuesday, Greg's stepfather described the teenager, whom he referred
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  to as a sweet little girl, as having no memory
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  of the shooting incident. I have never encountered anyone like that,
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  even in films. She was not herself, and I doubt
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  she even recognized me, Heath stated, noting that he and
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  Greg maintained daily communication and that their relationship remains good.
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  Following two hours of deliberation, the jury rendered a verdict
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  of guilty against Carly Greg on all charges. Greg faced
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  accusations of murder and aggravated assault stemming from the shooting
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  incident on March nineteenth, which resulted in the death of
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  her mother, Ashleigh Smiley and injuries to her stepfather, Heath Smiley. Additionally,
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  she was charged with tampering with evidence for concealing a
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  security camera subsequent to the shooting. Long Week, Sad Day.
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  Carly Gregg is evil. That's not easy to say, but
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  the truth of the matter is sometimes evil comes in
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  young packages, small packages, and this is one of those cases,
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  said Buba Bramlet, District attorney for Rankin and Madison Counties.
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  She's fixing to go to prison for the rest of
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  her life. You hate that.