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TED ROLANDS HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: A SMALL BOUQUET OF
FLOWERS SITS OUTSIDE THE FRONT
DOOR OF THE TOWNHOUSE WHERE
POLICE SAY AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WAS STABBED MORE THAN 30 TIMES
BY HER 14-YEAR-OLD SISTER.
A STORY SO AWFUL IT'S LEFT MANY
PEOPLE IN THE CHICAGO SUBURB OF
MUNDELINE IN SHOCK.
>> PLEASE PRAY FOR FOR US.
THIS IS QUITE A TRAGEDY.
JUST PRAY FOR THE FAMILY.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO
PROSECUTORS, THE 14-YEAR-OLD
O
ORIGINALLY LIED CALLING 911
SAYING AN INTRUDER ATTACKED HER
SISTER AND FLED.
BUT WHEN QUESTIONED BY POLICE,
HER STORY CHANGED.
SHE CONFESSED TO USING A KITCHEN
KNIFE TO STAB HER SISTER TO DEAD
IN BED TUESDAY MORNING.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY TOLD
INVESTIGATORS SHE WAS ANGRY THAT
HER LITTLE SISTER DIDN'T
APPRECIATE THAT SHE HAD BEEN
TAKING CARE OF HER, INCLUDING
COOKING HER MEALS.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE TEEN
SHOWERED TO WASH OFF THE BLOOD
AND THEN CALLED POLICE.
AT THIS POINT, THE 14-YEAR-OLD
IS BEING TREATED AS A JUVENILE,
BUT THAT MAY CHANGE.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO GATHER
THE REPORTS, GATHER THE
INFORMATION AND IN THE
RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE, WE WILL
MAKE A DETERMINATION IN TERMS OF
WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO ASK TO
SEEK TO HAVE THIS CASE
TRANSFERRED TO ADULT COURT.
>> Reporter: IT'S UNCLEAR TO
WHAT EXTENT THE 14-YEAR-OLD HAD
TO CARE FOR HER LITTLE SISTER.
HER MOTHER IS A SINGLE PARENT
WHO WORKED A LOT, ACCORDING TO
NEIGHBORS WE TALKED TO THEM.
>> THEY SEEMED LIKE A LOVING
FAMILY.
THE KIDS WERE ALWAYS PLAYING
TOGETHER.
I NEVER SAW ANY SIGNS OF
FIGHTING OR YELLING OR
SCREAMING.
I WOULD SEE THEM EVERY SUNDAY
GOING TO CHURCH.
>> Reporter: AND THE ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES HAS LAUNCHED AN
INVESTIGATION TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT CONDITIONS THESE CHILDREN
WERE LIVING IN.
ACCORDING TO "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
REPORTER WHO WAS AT A JUVENILE