HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. (TCD) — A 22-year-old woman is in custody after allegedly killing her young sibling in their home this week.
On the night of Tuesday, Jan. 16, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a missing 10-year-old child at a residence in the 2000 block of Beaverdam Road outside of Enfield, North Carolina. At the scene, deputies learned the victim’s mother found her child dead in the backyard.
According to the sheriff’s office, the deceased victim had sustained multiple stab wounds.
Investigators allege Kaneijah Bradley stabbed her sibling inside the home and moved the child outside to the backyard.
Officials arrested Bradley on a charge of murder and booked her into the Halifax County Detention Center, where she remains held without bond. Bradley is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 25.
The investigation is ongoing, and Bradley’s motive is unknown.
Halifax County Sheriff Tyree Davis said in a statement, “This is such a sad incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.”
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