A 14-year-old girl killed her grandmother in Broward, detectives say. She’s now jailed
.jpg "The Broward Sheriff’s Office said a 14-year-old girl in Lauderdale Lakes killed her grandmother on Thursday morning, May 23, 2024.")
A 14-year-old killed her grandmother last week at a Lauderdale Lakes apartment complex, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. She’s now behind bars.
The girl, whom the Miami Herald isn’t naming because of her age, was arrested Friday. She was booked into the Juvenile Assessment Center in Fort Lauderdale on one count of second-degree murder, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Gerdy St. Louis said in a news release.
On Wednesday, the teen appeared before Broward Circuit Court Judge Elijah Williams, who ordered her held in juvenile secure detention for 21 days. The case is currently being handled in juvenile court.
Around 12:30 a.m. on May 23, Broward deputies and paramedics arrived at an apartment on the 4100 block of Northwest 41st Street after receiving a call about an unresponsive woman. First responders found 79-year-old Yevheniia Koval on the ground with bruises on her body, St. Louis said.
Koval’s son, who told deputies he had left the house hours earlier to visit a friend, was the one who found Koval, according to St. Louis. Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami reported that Koval’s son, the father of the teen, said the girl had moved to the U.S. from Ukraine eight months ago.
Paramedics took Koval to Broward Health Medical Center, where doctors declared her dead, St. Louis said. The Broward Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.
The sheriff’s office didn’t state the exact cause of death, but detectives “through investigative methods” identified the girl as a suspect in her grandmother’s death, St. Louis said.
The teen is expected to appear in court on June 12.
This story was originally published May 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM.
