A teenage girl suspected of murdering her mum and step-dad shared several social media posts after their deaths that appear to show her devastation.
Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, has been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault following the shootings of Kristin Brock, 41, and James Brock, 45, in the US.
After their deaths on February 20 Patrick posted several times on social media, speaking of her heartbreak and sharing selfies of herself crying.
One TikTok post in March she shows pictures of the couple with emotional music and text that read: ‘They don’t know it, but a year from now me and my 5-year-old sister would find them wrongfully shot dead in our home – and they won’t get to watch me graduate high school, see me walk down the aisle, or even say goodbye.’
In a caption she wrote: ‘I miss you guys, save a seat for me in heaven.’
Patrick, who handed herself into police last week, also made a tearful eulogy at the couple’s funeral that was filmed and shared online.
James’s niece Krysten Dowda said she thought at the time the crying seemed ‘fake’, with no actual tears.
The Brocks were shot dead in their beds in their home in Carrollton, west of Atlanta.
Patrick, who was 16 at the time and in the house when they died, called police and said her five-year-old sister Jaley had found the bodies.
Police said there were no signs of forced entry and nothing appeared stolen.
One of Patrick’s TikToks show her with mascara running down her face and the words: ‘Life’s hard but at least I have my mom.’
The post then cuts to photo of two urns beside a photo of Kristin and James with the caption ‘Mom?’
In another post she shares a picture of herself looking emotional with the text, ‘This can’t be real. Otw [on the way] to my parents funeral.’
In a separate post she wrote about the anguish she said she feels over her sister finding the bodies.
‘I can’t help but hate myself because I didn’t wake up to find them before my 5yo sister had to find her parents like that,’ she says.
In another she adds: ‘It hits me when I see my 5-year-old sister screaming for her mommy and daddy.’
In a number of her TikToks she pays heartfelt tributes to her mother.
In one she says: ‘I don’t know if she ever realized… that the person I most wanted to be was her.’
Her TikTok account was later deactivated, but the posts have resurfaced online.
According to authorities, ‘mountains of physical and digital evidence’ led to Patrick being charge, including her eulogy at the funeral.
Patrick’s father Doniel Patrick was with her when she handed herself in and defended his daughter on Facebook.
‘I’ll always be in your corner,’ he wrote, adding: ‘Never dobt your place in this world. You were sent here with purpose, wrapped in grace and born to shine in ways only your soul knows how.’
Patrick has been charged as an adult.
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