13-year-old girl accused of killing mom after her phone was taken away

[QChawks]

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Gray News) - A 13-year-old girl is accused of killing her mom after having her phone taken away, according to Pennsylvania authorities.

Wilkes-Barre Police Department responded to the scene around 12:30 p.m.

When officers arrived, they found a 44-year-old victim with multiple stab wounds to her neck, back and blood coming from her head, WYOU reported.

Officers said when they first made contact with Lataya Powell she said she was sorry she killed her mother. Authorities said she stabbed her mother during an argument.

“I killed my mom, and she’ll never forgive me if she is alive,” Powell reportedly told police.

She said she threw the weapon on the neighbor’s doorstep, along with making other comments.

“I don’t have my phone because my mom took it before our fight,” she said.

While being taken into custody, she told WYOU that she felt “regret, guilt and self-disgust.”

Police also found an 11-year-old boy with stab wounds to the back, but they appeared to be non-life threatening.

Powell has been charged with homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, and tampering with evidence.

She is being charged as an adult.

 

[The Tradition]

Lataya

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Truly awful but I don’t think she should be tried as an adult.

 

[Moral]

She clearly didn't think it through because she will not be reunited with her phone for a long time, and it will be super out of date when she gets it back.

 

[millah_22]

She clearly didn't think it through because she will not be reunited with her phone for a long time, and it will be super out of date when she gets it back.

you can have phones in jail now which really upsets some of the "younger generations have it too easy" crowds.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Lataya

@HawkeyeHitman he's trying to take your niche

 

[Moral]

you can have phones in jail now which really upsets some of the "younger generations have it too easy" crowds.

That's what's up. I did not know that. Kind of gives this story a happy ending.

 

[millah_22]

That's what's up. I did not know that. Kind of gives this story a happy ending.

i actually don't know if that's true, but i know for a fact some lurker has already rage texted this to his tactical 88 group chat.

 

[SansAgain]

you can have phones in jail now which really upsets some of the "younger generations have it too easy" crowds.

What jail?

 

[The Tradition]

This story tells me we need some common-sense knife regulations....

 

[desihawk]

Truly awful but I don’t think she should be tried as an adult.

agreed.
but meta and tiktok should be charged as adults

 

[millah_22]

What jail?

keep reading.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

She clearly didn't think it through because she will not be reunited with her phone for a long time, and it will be super out of date when she gets it back.

Yeah...she doesn't think much through.

“I killed my mom, and she’ll never forgive me if she is alive,”

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Truly awful but I don’t think she should be tried as an adult.

Her punishment should be that she's never allowed to own a phone again.

 

[Moral]

Yeah...she doesn't think much through.

“I killed my mom, and she’ll never forgive me if she is alive,”

I mean, she probably wasn't wrong when she said that.

 

[SolarHawk]

Truly awful but I don’t think she should be tried as an adult.

Yeah, I disagree. This is a cold blooded murderer. She should not see the light of day, let alone get her freedom back. Fvck her.

 

[Moral]

Yeah, I disagree. This is a cold blooded murderer. She should not see the light of day, let alone get her freedom back. Fvck her.

The stab wounds being non-fatal on her 11 year old brother's back makes me believe there is hope for her yet.

 

[luvmyhawks]

i actually don't know if that's true, but i know for a fact some lurker has already rage texted this to his tactical 88 group chat.

We should all go and get ourselves locked up to find out if this is true. We can post about our prison experiences right here, live on hort.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

Held in juve until an adult then shipped off to big girl prison. What an unbelievable waste of lives due to a terrible decision by the daughter all because her Mother was doing the parenting thing and punishing her by taking her phone. Sad, very sad.

 

[jasonrann]

Too bad mom wasn't armed, could have all been avoided.

 

[ClarindaA's]

Yeah...she doesn't think much through.

“I killed my mom, and she’ll never forgive me if she is alive,”

What a dumbfvck

 

[Tom Paris]

This story tells me we need some common-sense knife regulations....

Yes, you WOULD think that.

 

[hawkeye54545]

I believe the new term is she 'unalived' her mom. I don't know why but that seems to be a thing now.

 

[EagleHawk]

The stab wounds being non-fatal on her 11 year old brother's back makes me believe there is hope for her yet.

I blame a lack of focus on Physical Education in schools. Kids in the 80's would have had the stamina to kill the brother as well. Kids today are soft.

 

[Moral]

I blame a lack of focus on Physical Education in schools. Kids in the 80's would have had the stamina to kill the brother as well. Kids today are soft.

Hard to argue that.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Where was the good guy with a knife? Certainly no one would have been hurt if someone like that were around.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Where was the good guy with a knife? Certainly no one would have been hurt if someone like that were around.

Don't look now but I heard it was an assault knife.

 

[DooBi]

The stab wounds being non-fatal on her 11 year old brother's back makes me believe there is hope for her yet.

Makes me believe the boy was getting in between mom and sis and sis kept on a stabbin'. I don't think there's room for hope but we don't know the whole story.

 

[Finance85]

Degradation of societal norms and respect for life. There's no reset button.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

Lataya

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

I believe Taya in Spainish means "a good luck charm".


The irony.

 

[alaskanseminole]

@HawkeyeHitman he's trying to take your niche

Why? Is her last name Sanders?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I'm very conflicted about this story.

Should we be banning phones or banning daughters?

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

I believe Taya in Spainish means "a good luck charm".


The irony.

Lol.

These electronic devices are heroin for kids.

It’s scary.

 

[win4jj]

I'm very conflicted about this story.

Should we be banning phones or banning daughters?

Maybe we should try to ban hate filled rage.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Degradation of societal norms and respect for life. There's no reset button.

Sure there is:

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Maybe we should try to ban hate filled rage.

That would be great, and I bet you could get a bill passed that said that . . . but good luck enforcing it.

 

[pink shizzle]

We should all go and get ourselves locked up to find out if this is true.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

you can have phones in jail now which really upsets some of the "younger generations have it too easy" crowds.

I can imagine that being true in some jails, but how universal is it? Hard to imagine it's widespread unless they somehow severely regulate it.

If they have smart phones, that presumably means they have access to the internet, porn, bomb-making instructions, terrorist sites, and FOX News.

Scary.

 

[Flie]

Lataya

Well that explains everything.