Tennessee cheerleader Savannah Copeland, 13, was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old after the pair met up around midnight Oct. 22.
A Tennessee cheerleader, 13, was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old with a pocket knife and left alongside a dirt road. Now, prosecutors hope to try him as an adult in court. Savannah Copeland met with the 15-year-old around midnight Oct. 22, when he allegedly attacked her and fled, according to a petition released by Knox County court Oct. 24. It is unclear how the two teens might have known each other.
The 15-year-old was arrested soon after the stabbing and charged with second-degree murder, the Knox County Sheriff's Office said. A judge allowed the release of the teen's name despite his age two days later and scheduled a Jan. 14 hearing on whether the juvenile suspect should be tried as an adult, 6 News reported. Fox News Digital is not naming the suspect until it is determined if he will be charged as an adult.
think it was a lack of compassion and a lack of empathy that drove the hand that took my daughter’s life,' the victim's father told 8 WVLT. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Copeland, a cheerleader with Powell Mac Cheerleading, was a talented student who also excelled in karate and gymnastics, her family wrote in her obituary. Her father told 8WVLT the teen had 'spunkiness, eagerness and ... a go-getter attitude.
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