A 13-year-old Tennessee cheerleader was allegedly stabbed to death with a pocketknife by a 15-year-old boy and left on the side of a dirt road. Prosecutors now hope to try him as an adult.
According to a plea released Oct. 24 in Knox County Court, Savannah Copeland met with a 15-year-old boy around midnight on Oct. 22, when he allegedly attacked her and fled. Ru. It's unclear how the two teens met, according to a plea released Oct. 24 in Knox County Court.
The victim's father, Michael Copeland, told 8WVLT that his daughter had been missing for several hours in Powell, but he used cell phone information to track her down and find her body.
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On October 22, Savannah Copeland, 13, was found stabbed to death along a dirt road in Knox County, Tennessee. (Handouts for families)
A 15-year-old man was arrested shortly after the stabbing and charged with second-degree murder, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
Two days later, a judge allowed the boy's name to be released despite his age and scheduled a hearing for Jan. 14 on whether the juvenile suspect should be tried as an adult, 6 News reported. Fox News Digital will not release the suspect's name until it is determined whether he will be charged as an adult.
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Savannah Copeland was a cheerleader and practiced karate and gymnastics, her family wrote in her obituary. (Powell MAC Cheerleading/Facebook)
Fox News Digital was unable to reach the suspect's attorney for comment at the time of reporting.
Copeland's name did not appear in authorities' statements, but she was identified in a GoFundMe set up by her family, in an online obituary, on her cheerleading squad and in several news outlets that spoke with the family. It was done.
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Police arrest 15-year-old boy and charge him with second-degree murder in Savannah Copeland's death (Powell MAC Cheerleading/Facebook)
“I believe it was a lack of compassion and a lack of empathy that took my daughter's life,” the victim's father told 8 WVLT.
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Copeland, a former cheerleader for Powell Mack Cheerleading, was a talented student who also excelled in karate and gymnastics, her family said in her obituary. Her father told 8WVLT the boy had “energy, enthusiasm and…a can-do attitude.”
