WARNING: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE HEARD IN VIDEO
Update: Stepfather testifies.
Carly Gregg's murder trial continued today as the prosecution released a video that contained the sounds of the 14 year-old Gregg allegedly killing her mother, Northwest Rankin High School math teacher Ashley Smiley.
The Smileys has a security camera in the kitchen that provided a full view of the kitchen and a partial view of the den. The video shows Ashley and Carly arriving home from school. Carly takes two golden retrievers outside for a few minutes while Ashley walks throughout the house, eventually walking back and forth from what is assumed to be the bedrooms of Carly and Ashley.
While Ashley is in Carly's room, Carly walks to her mother's room before walking to her own room with her hand behind her back, hiding it from the camera. Off-camera, there is a shot, a scream, and two more shots. There are no more screams.
Carly Gregg calmly walks back into the kitchen, sits down, and immediately, calmly texts someone. When the dogs got too nosy, she calmly took them outside. There was no screaming from Carly at any point during the video. Indeed, she did not say a word but for when she told the dogs to get out. She moved deliberately and methodically through the house and when she (allegedly) shot her mother to death.
Heath Smiley Testimony
Gregg's stepfather, Heath Smiley, took the stand today. He looked down during most of his testimony, speaking in a somber, deliberate voice.
"The gun went off in my face when the door opened (entering the kitchen from the garage). Everything went pretty fast from there.... My hand was on the gun after the first shot as I twisted it away from her," testified Heath. Gregg calmly looked on as her stepfather said the gun was only a foot from his face when she shot him.
One bullet grazed the trapezius muscle but Smiley said he didn't feel the shot. Assistant District Attorney Kathryn Newman asked the witness what took place after he was shot. "She was screaming out of her mind, scared. It was like she had seen a demon. She was terrified and my first thought was there was an intruder somewhere," said Heath. Gregg had fired three shots at her step-father. Heath said the gun was a Taurus .357 revolver that held seven rounds. He had loaded it with .38 special rounds. Heath testified his wife kept the gun on her side of the bed.
After taking the gun away from his step-daughter, Heath started checking the house for an intruder. Gregg kept screaming and ran out the back door. "It was very evident to me very quickly that something was very, very off with Carly. The way she was screaming, the way she looked," testified Smiley. Smiley testified during cross-examination he had never seen his step-daughter scream like this before nor was she was terrified as at that moment.
Heath found his wife laying down on her back in Gregg's bedroom. A towel covered her face and her hands are folded across her torso. He immediately called 911 to report the crime.
A fellow student testified earlier that Gregg had obtained a burner phone. However, Smiley said the phone was actually an old iPod she used for downloads.
Heath Smiley smiled at Carly Gregg as he concluded his testimony.
Motion for Directed Verdict Denied
The prosecution moved for a directed verdict after resting its case. Judge Arthur denied the motion, ruling "there was a prima facia case for it to go to the grand jury.
Teen Testimony
Two juvenile witnesses testified this morning. WLBT reported:
The first teen says that Carly called her on the day Ashley Smylie was killed.
When the friend got to Carly’s house, she claims Carly asked her, “Have you ever seen a dead body? My mom is in there.”
She then testified that Carly told her that she had three more shots waiting for her step-dad, Heath Smylie.
After Carly allegedly shot Heath, both the friend and Carly ran to a home nearby.
The second juvenile witness testified that Carly contacted him after the shootings, but that Carly asked him for help.
25 comments:
I’m a mother, but I also work at mental health institute for children. . I’ve never seen this degree of hate. I’m not judging because I’ve seen so much and I know that children with mental health issues should be given consideration, but I just don’t think that this is the case here.
Investigator lied sooooo bad and too bring bible n wow Rankin SO still crooks
What happened to the evaluation Dr Webb, one the best psychiatrist in state they said did on her???
I am not an attorney so I truly don't know how the insanity plea works. Can someone be calm and not act "crazy" and be considered not in their right minds when the crime occurred? Is there a bar that has to be met? I assume mental testing is done. Anything else?
Wow investigator lied RCSO still crooks
One other thing - Webb was my kid’s psych (in addition to a psychologist/counselor) and I thought he was great.
6:30 and 7:02
Stop coping.
KF what was happening when the jury left and Judge made decision? Carly looked at her Grandfather and he mouthed We WON!
Wow....Cold Blooded! Zero GAF's!
Sad! She knew exactly what she was doing and did it! I don’t believe her step dad’s memory of her screaming and looking like she saw a monster bs! Cold and calculated! Zero remorse! Those Poor dogs!
Won what exactly? Nobody won! Sickening
Agree!
Comment was fine til you started discussing the judge's personal life. Not approving it.
Can you even make a coherant sentence?
Why are Grandparents allowed to sir close and talk to Carly? I think and pray the jury will see through this BS of insanity and the forensics speak for themselves. Stop blaming RCSO and Judge Dewey! This case with Camp stinks to the high heavens just like Danna Adelson case where Dan Rasbaum tried to pull a Hail Mary and removed himself as council after the family has paid him in Full! Wondering what tomorrow will bring with Camp. Still think plea deal was in Carly’s best interest. I pray for discernment for jury! This is not a job for the faint hearted! Good luck prosecution and praying Carly gets medical help she needs!
Generally poor and/or absent parenting created a psychopath. End of story. Buckle up people, this example will become a routine occurrence in the not too distant future....
why is her friend not being arrested for knowing she was going to shoot her stepfather too and doing nothing?
For 6:17: Hate from which direction and by whom? Does your training and experience tell you that this girl's situation was just like that of the Menendez brothers...she resented the current and approaching parental control and was willing to do anything to escape that.
This 'made for television trial' should be renamed "Fatal Rebellion".
6:44, that will come in after the defense claims insanity and they bring him on as rebuttal witness. The state is probably not going to address the insanity defense until the defense side actually claims it first. I would expect Dr. Webb would come at that time.
Also, to another commentator, Mississippi law on insanity defense is pretty narrow. Just my opinion, but the sitting down and texting, covering mother with towel, letting dogs out, waiting on step-father to get home, are all contrary to the what Mississippi would consider to be temporary insanity. Again, just my educated, yet experienced opinion.
@ 6:30 - What lies? Be specific. What possible reason would there be for an investigating detective to lie?
It's probably true that she ran screaming like she had just seen a monster. Might be because she had just passed a mirror in the hallway.
Are you going to cover it Wednesday?
According to testimony in the court the defendant was a heavy pot smoker. There is a link between heavy pot use and psychosis. We will see more and more of this type of thing as laws are relaxed for this “harmless drug”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marijuana-psychosis-smoking-strong-pot-daily-increases-risk-of-psychosis-study-finds/
As I understand it, the friend didn't know anything beforehand. After going there and seeing what had happened, the friend told his/her parent and they went to the police.
I was in college and then a young adult, when, in the eastern part of the country as well as other more metropolitan areas, pot replaced cocktails at parties. Of all the people I saw smoke pot for several years, only ONE became a " head"...short for pothead and none who got into more potent drugs. More later became alcoholics. The ONE was always a bit off and tended to do everything excessively.
The truth is that not all children come into the world "normal". Some are born with serious behavior disorders. Some don't develop as they should in the womb. A few seem to very easily and quickly become an alcoholic. Some friends seem to tolerate rather a lot of alcohol and never slur their words or become unsteady or have any discernable change in behavior while others can have one drink and become obnoxious.
It's always risky to make judgements based solely on averages. Half of us are above average and half of us are below average. Few of us fall right smack dab in the middle.
I would also remind that for years, all dosages for medications are based on the patient being male. And, as one very brilliant Johns Hopkins physician said, " There are no side effects. There are just effects...some good ,some bad". And, the primary reason is that the drug tests are only as good as the universal sample of humans tested.
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