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March 19, 2024. Home cameras in Mississippi catch a 14-year-old girl coming home from school with her mom. Minutes later she walks down the hallway with a .357 behind her back. 3 shots. Then she texts her stepdad from her mom's phone: "Honey, when are you going to be home?" An hour later he walks through the door. She's waiting behind the curtains. In the video below, the family's home cameras show everything: the walk in from school, the gun behind her back, the shots, her stepdad coming home, and her running. Her name is Carly Gregg. Her mother, Ashley Smylie, was 40 and taught at the same school Carly went to. The gun was under the mattress on her mom's side of the bed. On camera, Carly peeks into the kitchen to make sure her mom isn't there, then walks to her own bedroom, where Ashley was waiting. After the shots, prosecutors say she video-called classmates and showed them her mother's body. A friend came over. According to him, she said: "I put three in my mom. I've got three more for my stepdad." When Heath Smylie came home, she shot him in the shoulder. He wrestled the gun out of her hands. She jumped the fence and ran. An officer found her on a nearby road. Asked if she had anything to do with the shooting, she said yes. She turned down a plea deal for 40 years and went to trial. Her defense said she heard voices and that her new medication made her worse. The state's psychiatrist said she knew exactly what she was doing. On the stand, her stepdad called her "just a sweet little girl." He said he still doesn't think she recognized him that day. In August 2024, at 15, she was found guilty on every count and sentenced to life. Her lawyers are now asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn it. Was Carly Gregg a sick child no one saw falling apart, or a 14-year-old who planned every step and knew exactly what she was doing?