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The other victims in a murder case
Posted By katie allison granju
Amanda McGhee, the pregnant teenager accused of murdering her parents, was in court yesterday for a transfer hearing, at which it was decided she will indeed be tried as an adult. Blogger and reporter Michael Grider was in the courtroom:
First, there is a teenage girl on trial for murder. The murder of her parents no less. There are the brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and cousins whose lives were shattered by the news, and continue to be shattered as testimony tells tales of marital infidelity, alcohol and drug abuse, and physical and sexual abuse. Truths (or not) that no one ever wants to hear about the ones they love, especially when they were the victims of murder and cannot stand to defend themselves.
Those are the ones who are most visible, but what really got me thinking was a teenage girl who took the stand to testify against the girl who used to be her best friend. She talked about hearing of the murderous scheme, and trying to convince Amanda not to go through with it. She didn’t call police when she saw what would later prove to be the murder weapon, and two days later her best friend’s parents were dead. She sat on the witness stand today, tears in her eyes, seeming to always be on the brink of collapse, and I couldn’t help but wonder how this situation would play into her life a decade from now when she’s 27? What will her friendships be like? Will she have trouble with trust? Fear? Love? Affection? Weapons? Can you live a normal life after something like this? Is a teenage mind prepared for the daunting task of confronting the fact that adolescent infatuations and baseless planning and plotting turned into something more real than most adults can handle, let alone a teenager? That weekend in June 2007, real life came rushing up, leaving blissful ignorance and childhood innocence in its dust.
Feb 27th, 2008
I am writing a criminology report about adolescent offenders. Do you have any information about Amanda Mcghee before the murders. Like what kind of social life did she have was she in trouble a lot skipping school or anything like that. WHat I really need is some information that will help me describe the development of the criminal behavior. Anything help you can provide would be appricated.