According to testimony given in court in Pennsylvania, a teenage TikToker accused of murdering her sleeping sister joked with police that she had “Michael Myers’ed” the victim.
When wheelchair-bound Helen Miller, 19, was killed at their Manheim Township, Lancaster County, home in February of last year, Claire Miller, now 16, was just 14 years old.
Police allegedly discovered the blood-covered, barefoot vlogger standing in front of the home.
According to Manheim Township police, she quickly confessed to the killing after calling 911.
When Claire was detained and escorted to the police station, a ringtone from the 1970s horror film Halloween, in which a young serial killer kills his sibling, caused Claire to confess: “I Michael Myers’d my sister.”
In addition, Manheim Township investigator John Martin said in court that when Claire was offered a breakfast sandwich, she said, “Oooh, McDonald’s.
“If I had known I would get McDonald’s, I would have killed someone sooner.
She texted her buddies, “I’m really sorry guys,” the court heard. My sister was recently killed.
According to coroner Dr. Wayne Ross, Helen, who had cerebral palsy, had been stabbed seven times, twice in the chest and jaw and three times in the neck.
A kitchen knife, according to the police, was used in Helen’s murder.
In the John Carpenter movie from 1978, Myers also hacked his victims to death with a kitchen knife.
Whether Miller should be tried as an adult or as a juvenile is now being decided by a judge in Lancaster County.
In order for her to be tried as a minor, her parents have pleaded.
Despite the fact that the defendant was a kid, Pennsylvania law requires that all murder cases begin in adult courts, with the accused being transported to adult prisons.
To have the case moved to a juvenile court, where the emphasis is more on treatment than punishment, her defense attorney must petition County Judge Workman.
Robert Beyer, Claire’s attorney, summoned her parents to support that argument.
We love both of them, mother Marie Miller testified before the court. I’m certain Claire didn’t intend to do this.
We lost Helen, and we don’t want Claire to follow suit.
“We don’t want her to be penalized, denied assistance, or imprisoned for an extended period of time for something that was beyond her control.” We cannot lose her as well.
Make no mistake, Claire is psychologically ill, Beyer continued.
She is a willing patient who is receiving treatment. She desires to improve.
Additionally, a representative from Claire’s school spoke in favor of the transfer.
Prior to being moved to Muncy State Prison in March 2021, Claire was initially brought to Lancaster County Prison, where she made history as the institution’s first young woman inmate.
According to two psychiatrists who examined Claire, she experienced auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices, which drove her to kill herself the night of the murder.
According to two psychiatrists who evaluated Claire, she attempted to cut her own throat before concentrating on a delusion and only stopped when she saw her sister’s body was dripping with blood.
Claire was psychotic that night, according to Dr. Susan Rushing, and the court should consider that given that she is still a child whose brain has not fully matured.
Rushing asserts that Claire was severely symptomatic in April 2021, but jail medical staff contends that Claire acted normally and showed no evidence of mental illness.
Officers reported that Claire occasionally sobbed shortly after Helen passed away, but she was neither agitated nor paranoid.
The court heard an audio tape of Claire yelling “No… No… No…” as an ambulance drove up to her family’s house.
On July 18 at 1:30 pm, Judge Workman is scheduled to make his ruling public at the Lancaster County Courthouse.