A TEENAGER accused of shooting her mother tried to lure her stepfather home with a chilling message so she could ambush him, prosecutors say.
Carly Gregg was caught on surveillance camera playing on her phone just seconds after allegedly killing her mother, Ashley Smylie, on March 19, 2024.
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Teenager Carly Gregg appears to stifle laughter in court as she is charged with her mother’s murderCredit: CourtTV
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Chilling surveillance footage captured Gregg playing on his phone seconds after he allegedly killed her mother Credit: Law&Crime Trials/ Youtube
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After killing her mother, Gregg sent a text message to lure her stepfather home, prosecutors allege Credit: Law&Crime Trials/ Youtube
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Gregg’s mum Ashley Smylie, 40, was reportedly shot to deathCredit: Enterprise
Gregg was 14 when she killed her mother at their home in Brandon, Mississippi, near Jackson, after the two argued over her use of marijuana, according to prosecutors.
Terrifying footage from a home surveillance camera showed Gregg wearing a Nirvana T-shirt and dark pants walking from the kitchen to another room before gunshots and screams rang out.
Gregg shot her mom in the neck, stole her phone and returned to the kitchen to text her stepfather while playing with their two dogs, prosecutors allege.
The chilling video shows a stone-faced Gregg staring at his mum’s phone as she texted her stepdad Heath: “When are you coming home baby?”
Gregg also texted a friend, identified in court only as BC, asking them to come over, according to prosecutors.
When BC got to the house, Gregg asked them, “Have you ever seen a dead body?” before ushering his friend inside.
When Heath got home, BC was standing outside, where they heard the shooting.
Heath was able to wrestle the gun from Gregg’s hand and then called the police, according to prosecutors.
A bullet grazed his shoulder, but he otherwise emerged unharmed.
Gregg, now 15, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and her attorneys say she passed out during the shooting.
Creepy moment Carly Gregg, 14, calmly texts friends after ‘shooting mum in the face’…and urges one to ‘see dead body’
At the time of the murder, Gregg had been smoking marijuana for about six weeks and taking the anxiety and depression medications Lexapro and Zoloft.
A psychiatrist testified that she was experiencing hallucinations around this time.
Gregg’s lawyers told the court she had no recollection of her mother’s murder.
DISTURBING BEHAVIORS
On Thursday, Gregg began her fourth day of trial with disturbing behavior in the courtroom.
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Gregg, who was 14 at the time, was seen wandering around her house on the day her mother was murdered Credit: Law&Crime Trials/ Youtube
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Gregg appeared to be smiling and laughing on day four of the trialCredit: CourtTV
At the beginning of today’s trial, he could be seen trying to hide a fit of laughter, Court TV footage showed.
A number of mental health professionals testified in Gregg’s case and discussed the severity of her mental health problems.
The teenager had a troubled relationship with her mother but was described as a gifted child who excelled in school, Gregg’s former counselor Rebecca Kirk testified in court.
Gregg skipped fourth grade and had no history of violence.
Her biological father was allegedly abusive towards her and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Kirk saw Gregg for nine weeks in early 2024 for counseling and said the teenager described some mental health issues but seemed relatively normal.
The pair spent most of the time talking about school, and Gregg excitedly told Kirk that she was reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment.
The book follows the main character’s conflicted feelings of guilt after he kills his neighbor.
Another expert, Dr. Jason Pickett, interviewed Gregg after his mother’s death and said, in his opinion, the teenager did not meet the criteria for insanity.
He suspected that the teenager had bipolar disorder and wondered if her father also suffered from a mental disorder.
Meanwhile, Dr Andrew Clark, a medical psychiatrist, claimed on Wednesday that Gregg had “blacked out” the day of the murder.
However, he suggested that Gregg might be capable of faking a mental health condition.
Gregg was offered a plea deal to serve 40 years in prison, but she turned it down.
She faced a potential sentence of life in prison.
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