- Teenage girl, 17, charged with murder
- Her younger sister was found with stab wounds
By Daily Mail Australia Reporter
Published: 23:06 BST, 29 April 2024 | Updated: 23:30 BST, 29 April 2024
A teenage girl has been charged with murder after her young sister was found stabbed to death.
The 17-year-old was arrested after her sister, 10, was found with stab wounds on Thurston Street at Boolaroo, in NSW’s Lake Macquarie region, at 3.45pm on Monday.
The 10-year-old girl was treated by paramedics before she died at the scene.
Her older sister was then escorted by officers to Belmont Police Station.
A 17-year-old girl has been charged with murder after her 10-year-old sister was found stabbed to death
Dozens of police remained at the scene in Thurston Street on Monday night
She was charged with murder (DV) and refused bail. She will appear at a children’s court on Tuesday.
The 10-year-old girl’s death has rocked the close-knit neighbourhood.
‘It is just beyond words,’ a neighbour who knew the girl’s family told the Sydney Morning Herald.
‘We are grieving.’
Another resident told the Newcastle Herald that no one expected anything so horrific to happen in their neighbourhood.
Others had no idea anything was wrong until multiple sirens were heard blaring down the usually quiet street.
Photos from the scene show shocked locals gathering outside the crime scene.
A number of police vehicles remained parked in the street as detectives were seen coming and going from the home on Monday evening.
Detectives declared the home a crime scene and launched an urgent investigation into the girl’s death
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Boolaroo stabbing: Teenage girl is charged with murdering her younger sister in Lake Macquarie region
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