Chilling new details in case of TikToker, 14, who allegedly killed disabled sister, then boasted in text to friends
CHILLING new details have surfaced in the case of a teen TikToker who claimed she killed her disabled sister and then allegedly boasted about it in a text to friends.
Claire Miller, 14, is charged with murdering her 19-year-old sister, Helen Miller in 2021 by stabbing her in the neck.
Miller, who is now 16 years old, reportedly told a police officer she had “Michael Myers’d” her disabled sister in their Pennsylvania home, according to multiple reports
Prosecutors in the case against the teen dropped the bombshell revelation earlier this week during a Lancaster County court hearing, according to Crimeonline.
In a case to determine whether Miller should be tried as an adult or as a juvenile, prosecutors and attorneys for the defendant delivered closing arguments Wednesday afternoon, following two and a half days of testimony, per WGAL.
The outlet reported Assistant District Attorney, Amy Muller, told the judge Miller was “a kid who had it all, but was obsessed with homicide.”
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In support, Muller cited thousands of text messages Miller sent a friend expressing a desire to harm someone, per WGAL.
Muller told the judge Miller loved her sister, Helen, “but she was an easy target. She couldn’t fight back.”
WGAL says defense attorney, Bob Beyer, countered, saying Miller that “suffered a psychotic first break” and didn’t mean to harm the sister she loved.
“Even our best and brightest children have demons. We need to deal with them,” Beyer reportedly said, per the outlet.
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As The Sun previously reported, police found Helen Miller brutally stabbed after they responded to a “hysterical” 1am phone call from Claire in February 2021.
According to authorities, the older Miller sister suffered from cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair to move around, and was defenseless against the suspect.
When Pennsylvania cops arrived at the Manheim Township home, located just 4 miles to the north of Lancaster, they said they found the 14-year-old “allegedly trying to wash blood off her hands in the snow outside the home,” per Fox43.
The then 9th-grader told them “I stabbed my sister,” police said.
She then directed officers to a bedroom where Helen lay lifeless.
Police said they found Helen with a large knife protruding from her neck.
Miller’s parents were sleeping at the time of the incident, police said.
An autopsy performed by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office determined Miller had been stabbed several times.
According to CrimeOnline, Manheim Township detective John Martin previously told the court that after Claire was brought a fast-food breakfast, she replied: “Ooooh, McDonald’s. I’d have killed someone sooner if I knew I’d get McDonald’s.”
The court also heard that she texted her friends and said, “I’m so sorry guys. I just killed my sister.”
Tiktok reportedly shut down Claire’s account last year after she reportedly posted a video the day before she allegedly stabbed her sister.
Pennsylvania law requires all homicide cases to go through adult courts, but the defendant’s lawyer claimed his client was in a state of psychosis at the time of the incident.
Beyer claims his client had been experiencing auditory hallucinations at the time of Helen’s death.
However, a Manheim Township police officer testified that Claire showed no signs of distress while he watched over her in juvenile detention.
WGAL reported that a search warrant affidavit previously revealed that Claire Miller also told someone over the phone about “suicidal and homicidal thoughts.”
The document didn’t say when the conversation took place, but it did say police heard from that witness about 30 minutes after Claire called police to the scene per Crimeonline.
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Judge David Workman will announce whether the defendant will be tried as an adult or juvenile by July 18.
Miller is currently being held at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy, without bond.
