Jackson Jambalaya

Is there a motive yet?

I frequently post here.
For once, I have no words.

It's the sad photo of a teen who needs professional help...whether it's from traumatic abuse or a mental disorder. I wish I believed our state would/could provide it or had provided it before this happened.

No, but naturally several experts, sitting in the bleachers, have told us of the most probable of all possible motives. You know how they are. The usual clowns.

They shouldn't have charged her as an adult, and surely not put her in an adult jail, until a thorough investigation was done. This is a tragedy, no doubt, but the facts aren't yet known. She is only a 14 year old child, with no history of violence.
This kid is an A student who has won awards, was a model student at NWR and had a very bright future. Former teachers, students and friends say this is very much out of her character. We have a little snippet of a step dad's side of what he alleges -- hardly any of the facts at this time. Maybe she was an evil spawn child, but dont think so -- really think there's more to the story.

As a child and at this early stage, I'm disappointed the news outlets posted her picture. It is not like she went out and committed a mass killing in public. This is a domestic matter with ALOT of info missing. Hopefully people will reserve judgment and remember: innocent until proven guilty.

Peace+

Something seems off. In social media posts I've seen, Carly is very girly looking, as to be expected for a young girl her age. This mug shot, she seems to have changed her appearance. I have a feeling we will find out of some trauma she's been dealing with.

I don't really know what to say here either.

This is just dark and horrible. Cannot imagine the damage this does to a family.

9:47 - I agree. Something about this whole thing stinks. She plead not guilty and there's a reason why.

Almost everyone pleads not guilty when charged. Its the correct thing to do regardless the crime and regardless of "guilt" until you have had time to discuss with your attorney.

There's going to be a lot come out about this over the next few months. It's tragic from many angles, and probably heartbreaking for the NWR community.

Wapt story: The stepfather said that he arrived home and found his wife, 40-year-old Ashley Smylie, dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside the residence, and his 14-year-old stepdaughter armed with a pistol.

Maybe stepdad did it

Publishing her phot is sensationalism and yellow journalism. Period.

I’m surprised that she was charged as an adult with no history of unlawful behavior, especially before any investigation as to the motive behind her actions. I can’t help but believe that she has suffered some deep emotional trauma.

Per a current teacher at her school, the young lady is highly intelligent but she spent all of the 2022-2023 school year at the alternative school. She has some type of behavioral or emotional problems to spend an entire year at alternative school. Heartbreaking for all involved.

Pure Evil

@1;49
There seem to be rumors as to alternative schooland expulsion and kids at the school have said these are rumors. Teachers arent immune to rumors either, although maybe it's true. But just a year ago Carly represented NWR middle and travled with the high school to the state math competition at MSMS where she placed individually and won an award in Geometry. That was late February 2023. Ive never known of kids at alternative school still being part of their prior school...

Regardless of the motive, the loss of life is unfortunate. It’s interesting to see the outpouring of sympathy/empathy for this 14 year old, when usually perpetrators of these acts are referred to as thugs or degenerates. Perhaps her social standing played a role or it’s a different group of sympathizers posting.

What a bunch of know-it-all idiot comments.

1:11, since we are engaging in wildly irresponsible speculation, let me throw out the possibility that you did it.

Until there’s evidence to the contrary, I see an innocent husband devastated by the loss of his wife and trying to recover from a gunshot wound. We don’t need a keyboard warrior who’s watched too many episodes of Dateline or read too many Angela Lansbury murder mysteries to tell us the butler did it in the parlor with a candlestick.

Most people like this are highly intelligent. Most kids at my school, that identify as an animal (they’re called Furries), are extremely intelligent. These kid’s parents allow them to make life altering decisions, because they can’t handle the idea of drawing hard lines.

"..this post will be removed if the suspect is acquitted or the charges are dismissed."

Lot of good that will do. What a chump comment. Acquittal (if it happens) will be how long down the road....Two years?

Maybe if the teacher had been "Coach" Smylie the school or school district would have paid their respects by now.
Not ONE word by them. Nada. Zilch. No candle or in memoriam on their pages for this teacher. And nothing sent to parents, some of whom have grieving students for the loss of their teacher or friend.

Northwest Rankin High School and Rankin County School District should be ASHAMED for not acknowledging this tragic loss of their own educator. It's appalling. But it's just sports and business as usual for them.
Very disappointed in their lack of response.

9:47 / 1:26 :

Sounds like the two of you are like me and oblivious to the fact that MS has a law in place that automatically charges anyone beyond their 13th birthday as an adult when it comes to crimes with guns.

You can't get a job at 13 due to child labor laws, but pull a trigger at 13 (14 in this case) and BAM! you become an adult!

Probably ought to speak to her doctor and find out if she was prescribed medication for depression. Over 95% of juvenile shooters have a prescribed chemical imbalance due to medication. Two days without these dangerous medicines, after becoming dependent, and their nervous system is haywire. Keep your kids off the meds and be productive with them. Idle minds are the devil’s workshop.

10:43 AM, what real job do you think a 13 year old could hold down? We do not ask a 13 year old to vote. We do not even allow them to join the military. Do you think murdering your own mother is a way to show how grown up you are?

Ok…I’m going to interject my dialogue here. I’m a BOOMER and we were raised heavy handed, didn’t have medications to live our lives because we knew we had to “toe the line”. I’m the son of a WWII and Korean War Veteran and just let me say we had exposure to these great people who showed us how to “suck it up” and do what men do. We had very good parents who believed in the nuclear family unit. If any of you can refute this then let’s have dialogue on this issue. Medication is not the answer to behavioral issues. Discipline is. And that’s what has caused our downfall in our society. Divorce rates are high and that’s an issue. There are other ways to work things out. Putting your kids on meds and our new society of letting the kids change genders is totally wrong . I wonder what the soldier who does on a foreign field is saying to us as he is looking down on us . This isn’t what our society is supposed to be about. These kids who refer themselves as “furries” are a product of a previous generation that was medicated and it has caused issues. Like it or not, when the rubber hits the road and the bullet hits the bone we are a over medicated society and it’s a generational issue that we a boomers never had to deal with so we are confused and pissed off with people taking the easy way to deal with problems.

The rap sheet says she has 7 tattoos!
What kind of parent lets their child get all tat up?
Do worry she will receive a get out of jail free card at 18.

Its very sad. I really hate this happen. No words can explain. Speechless.

It says she has 7 scars/marks/tatoos not 7 tatoos specifically. It could be 7 scars.