A 14-year-old Pennsylvania teenager was accused of stabbing her older sister to death in their home while their parents slept early Monday, officials said.
Claire Miller, of Manheim Township, was charged with murder as an adult for the death of her 19-year-old sister Helen, the Lancaster County prosecutor said.
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“This is certainly an incredibly tragic and unusual case,” prosecutor Heather Adams wrote in an email to the local FOX43 station.
Officers responded to the house just after 1 am Monday after the teen called to report that “she had killed her sister,” the prosecutor’s office said.
Miller was arrested on the spot and held without bail in Lancaster County Prison, the district attorney’s office said. (Photo: Lancaster County District Attorney)
(Lancaster County district attorney)
Court documents obtained by local news outlets described her as “hysterical” on the phone.
When officers arrived at the house, Claire Miller pointed them to a bedroom where they found 19-year-old Helen Miller with a stab wound to her neck, officials said. First responders tried to take life-saving measures, but were unsuccessful.
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Investigators determined that Helen had been stabbed at night while the girls’ parents were sleeping. No further details as to what led to the incident were immediately available.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever been a part of anything as sad as this,” Tom Rudzinski, Manheim Township Police Chief, told WHTM-TV.
Claire Miller was taken into custody on the spot and was held without bail in Lancaster County Prison. She was charged as an adult because murder is not considered a delinquent act in Pennsylvania.
The tragic news shocked the community of Manheim Township, which has about 38,000 residents.
“It’s not something we would expect in our neighborhood,” Sarah Delia, a neighbor who said she didn’t know the family personally, told FOX43. “It’s very quiet and peaceful.”
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Steve Lisk, principal of the school at Lancaster Country Day School, where Claire Miller was enrolled as a ninth grade student, told the station that the “close-knit school community” was “surprised” and “grieving” at the news. The school offered counseling services.
A preliminary hearing for Claire Miller was scheduled for February 26.