A Mississippi teen sat in her kitchen alongside her two dogs moments after she allegedly killed her mother as she is accused of texting her friend that she had an “emergency” and tried to lure her stepfather back to the home.

On Friday, 15-year-old Carly Gregg was found guilty of murdering her mother, Ashley Smylie, and attempting to murder her stepfather, Heath Smylie. Gregg, who was tried as an adult in Rankin County, was sentenced to life in prison.

Mississippi teen Carly Gregg was sentenced to life in prison in September 2024, six months after the murder of her mother, Ashley Smylie, and the attempted murder of her stepfather, Heath Smylie. After Carly’s trial,

A Mississippi jury took just two hours to find a 15-year-old guilty of shooting her mother to death in March and wounding her stepfather. Carly Gregg was given two life sentences and an additional 10 years for hiding a security camera inside her home after the shooting.

Carly Gregg, the Mississippi teenager who killed her mother and tried to kill her stepfather, was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life in prison.

A crucial part of her defense has been arguing that she was so mentally ill that she should not be guilty due to insanity, which the court rejected.