A 12-year-old Las Vegas girl is behind bars after authorities say she stabbed her own father to death -- and the motivation behind the grisly murder is pathetic, but not surprising given the girl's past. The troubled pre-teen isn't being named in media reports but her victim (her father) has been identified as 56-year-old James Waldie.
8 News reports that police arrived at the scene of the stabbing on Friday night at around 9:30 p.m., at an apartment complex on Mercury Street. When they arrived, they first encountered the 12-year-old Las Vegas girl, and then her father's brutally stabbed body. Fifty-six-year-old James Waldie was pronounced dead at the scene, and his daughter was taken into custody.
The girl accused of stabbing her dad to death has a troubled history, so it's no surprise that she's escalated to violent crime. It's just incredibly unfortunate that the preteen decided killing her father would be the segue from being a petty runaway and entitled out-of-control child to coldblooded violent killer. According to authorities the stabbing took place because the child was enraged at the punishment she was given as a result of her actions earlier this year when she ran away from home.
The loved ones of James Waldie suffered two losses this week; The loss of a father and grandfather, and the loss of a 12-year-old girl who will hopefully serve several years behind bars for her actions. Hopefully this story serves as a warning to others with similar homelife situations.
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