Thursday, October 10, 2024 - The heartbroken father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl who was stabbed to death allegedly by her 13-year-old sister while being babysat last month is opening up about his late daughter.
In an interview with local TV station WXYZ, Jason
Lilburn remembered his late daughter, Jessie Jane Lilburn, as someone who loved
outdoor activities and playing with family.
“Little JJ, Jessie Jane. She was just a ray of sunshine,
always wanted to be outside, always riding her bike,” Lilburn told the outlet.
The 7-year-old d!ed at a local hospital on Sept. 28 after police officers responded to reports of a possible st@bbing at a home in Taylor, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, at around 1 p.m.
According to FOX 2 Detroit, authorities said the girls’
parents left their 7-year-old and 13-year-old daughters home at around 11:15
a.m. local time that day, and the older sister was babysitting.
Detective Zachary DiGiacomo previously alleged that the
stabbing took place after an argument about a note that the 7-year-old left in
the bathroom to "generally tell people to flush the toilet."
DiGiacomo claimed that the girl’s 13-year-old sister took
the note, and the 7-year-old "knocked over the trash can in the kitchen
and trash got everywhere" while trying to get the note back.
The 13-year-old eventually went to her bedroom and came down
to stab her sister "about 30 minutes later" in the bathroom with a
"butcher-style knife," the detective alleged.
In total, the victim was stabbed more than 10 times, the
detective claimed.
Lilburn told WXYZ that the sisters had “normal sibling
arguments” and no history of violence before the deadly incident, calling the
killing, “totally unexpected.”
“It really pulls at my heart that [Jessie’s] not with us
anymore and that there’s so much love for her,” Lilburn said of the memorial
set up in front of his house for his late daughter.
The teen, who is not being named because of her age, was
originally charged as a juvenile, but Prosecutor Kym Worthy added the adult
designation due to "other facts discovered in the case."
Being charged with adult designation does not mean a minor
is charged as an adult. However, if convicted, a judge can decide to sentence
the suspect as a juvenile, as an adult, or a combination of the two. Also, if
the suspect is sentenced as a minor and does not improve, the judge can impose
an adult sentence on her.
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