Teenage Accused of Almost Killing 7-Year-Old Sister Who Was Found Unconscious With Bag Over Face
An 18-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly attempted to kill his 7-year-old sister who was found unconscious with a bag covering her face. The man is in custody while his sister is in enormously critical condition. NBC10’s Drew Smith has the details.
(Published Thursday, Jun 1, 2017)
An 18-year-old man was jailed on $Five million bail accused of almost killing his 7-year-old sister who was found unconscious with a plastic bag over her face.
The ordeal began Wednesday shortly after one a.m. when officers were called to a home in Olney along North American Street near Clarkson Avenue. They were met by a woman who said her son, identified by police as Simere Alford, Legal, had stolen her car.
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The woman said she had gotten home around ten p.m. Tuesday and eyed Alford playing on his phone while her 14-year-old son and her 7-year-old daughter were inwards their rooms. She told police she fell asleep but was awoken by Alford shortly before one a.m. after he burst into her room, demanded she give him her car keys and water, and then stole her purse. He then left the home and took her car, police said. The woman said Alford was having issues with drugs and had been using K2, a synthetic marijuana.
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While the woman spoke to police, her 14-year-old son noticed that her 7-year-old daughter was not inwards her bedroom. They then found the female unresponsive in the basement with a plastic bag on her face.
“[The woman] then ran out with her 7-year-old daughter in her arms, she was frantic, the child was not breathing,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Petite said.
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One of the officers administered CPR and the lady was taken to Einstein Medical Center in utterly critical condition. She was then taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital and was put on life support.
Investigators found several plastic bags on the floor in the trash-strewn basement, Puny said.
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Police found the stolen car, which had crashed into a parked car several blocks away, abandoned, investigators said. Alford later showcased up at 35th Police District headquarters at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, according to police.
“Evidently he locked himself in the back of a police car there,” SVU Captain Mark Burgmann said. “When officers found him in there he said he did something stupid. They brought him to special victims.”
Alford was jailed on $Five million bail, accused of attempting to kill his junior sister however police have not yet determined whether he used the plastic bag in an attempt to suffocate her. He is charged with attempted murder, aggravated attack, elementary brunt, recklessly endangering another person, theft, receiving stolen property and robbery of a motor vehicle.
As of Thursday afternoon, court records didn’t list and an attorney who could comment on Alford’s behalf.