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(NewsNation) — Sarah Grace Patrick had reached retired to true-crime TikTokers and urged them to assistance publicize the unsolved killings of her parent and stepfather successful Georgia — until she herself was charged successful their deaths this week.
One of the contented creators is talking to “Banfield” astir her exchanges with the 17-year-old Patrick and trying to recognize however an accused murderer would locomotion specified a perchance unsafe line.
“To me, this is conscionable a teen who is going done a horrible moment, and I privation to assistance her. I privation to screen this,” the pistillate down the “AllegedlyReportedly” TikTok page, who has asked to beryllium referred to arsenic "Janice," says of her archetypal reaction.
Janice said she received a nonstop connection from Patrick a small much than a period ago. In the message, the teen told her that posting astir the Feb. 20 slayings of 45-year-old James Brock and 41-year-old Kristin Brock successful Carroll County could beryllium a “big hit” for her.
The fatally changeable victims were recovered astatine location by their younger daughter, and Patrick alerted 911 astir the deaths, authorities person said.
“I could springiness you intell,” Patrick said successful her connection to Janice. “Just I can’t springiness you thing that could interruption the lawsuit (thats what the cops told me).”
Janice said the code of the connection was bizarre, but she attributed it to Patrick being a teen with a “social-media mindset.”
“Even if immoderate things were odd, I did not deliberation to myself, ‘She took the lives of her parent and stepfather,’” the TikToker said. “But I guess, looking back, hindsight, possibly I should person recovered it adjacent alien than I did.”
So, what could person been Patrick’s motives successful reaching out? Janice says possibly it was the teen’s mode of reliving her alleged crimes, oregon possibly it was a mode of someway relieving her conscience.
Authorities successful Carroll County this week announced Patrick has been charged with 2 counts of execution and 2 counts of aggravated assault. Investigators successful portion zeroed successful connected the teen’s societal media past to interruption the case, a sheriff’s spokesperson told “Banfield” connected Thursday.
Although Janice says she whitethorn person been duped, her hubby smelled thing comic from the start, fixed that determination were nary signs of forced introduction astatine the execution scene.
“As soon arsenic I work him her archetypal messages and her email, helium said, ‘She did it,'” Janice said. “I find often that he’s right, and helium was here.”
The girl's grandfather, Dennis Nolan, told NewsNation this week that Patrick says she is innocent, and helium is lasting down her.
