Carly Gregg is a good student, but has had trouble at school. She briefly attends an alternative school after being caught carrying a knife. Her parents revoke Carly’s phone privileges when she breaks her parents’ social media rules. Friends are concerned when they realize Carly has a ‘burner phone’ and catch her smoking marijuana. One friend distracts Carly while another goes straight to Carly’s mom. Ashley Smylie confronts Carly on the way home from school, telling the teen that her room will be searched when they get home.

Ashley goes straight to Carly’s room while the teen takes their dogs out. Almost immediately Ashley discovers a box full of THC vape pens—she takes the box to her bedroom then returns to Carly’s room to continue searching. Carly comes back inside, checks to see where her mother is, then quietly sneaks toward her parents’ bedroom. Carly lifts the mattress to retrieve her mom’s .357 [three fifty seven] Magnum pistol. Immediately after the shooting, Carly uses her mom’s phone to text Heath Smylie, “You almost home honey?” Smylie replies he’ll be home in about an hour. Carly then sends a text to 6 friends, saying she’s having an emergency and needs someone to come to her house. One friend offers to call 911. Carly declines. Eventually, one friend agrees to come over. When Carly answers the door, she asks the girl, “Are you squeamish around dead bodies?” before leading the girl to her mom’s body in her bedroom.

Carly tells her horrified friend, “I put three in my mom, and I have three more waiting for my stepdad when he gets home.” Carly says he should be here soon, and asks the friend to wait in the backyard. Carly opens the garage door, goes back inside, and lies in wait for Heath Smylie to arrive. The second Smylie opens the door to enter the home, Carly fires a shot at her stepdad. Smylie grabs the gun and Carly fires two more shots while they struggle over it. When Smylie overpowers her, Carly runs through the backyard and away from the home.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Kathryn White Newman - Rankin County Assistant District Attorney, website: https://www.dabramlett.com/ IG: www.instagram.com/bramlett_da/ FB: www.facebook.com/kathryn.white.718
• Kevin Camp - Criminal Defense Attorney and lead attorney at Camp Law Firm, Attorney for Carly Gregg, Retired JAG Officer from the Mississippi National Guard with a distinguished military and legal career. website: https://www.camplawfirm.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.camp.39
• Caryn Stark - Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio trauma expert and consultant, www.carynstark.com, Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
• Dr. William Morrone - Medical Examiner, Toxicologist, Pathologist, opioid treatment expert, Author: “American Narcan: Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl associated mortality”
• Lauren Conlin - Co-Host of Primetime Crime on YouTube Website: www.popcrime.tv & primetimecrimeshow.com X- @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram- @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube: @PopCrimeTV

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