A Brevard County grand jury has indicted a Palm Bay teenager accused of plotting the deaths of her mother and her mother’s boyfriend.
The 16-year-old girl faces two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for the deaths of Kelley McCollom, 38, and Matthew Szejnrok, 22.
Shortly after midnight on July 7, the teen called 911, alleging that a man had broken into her home on Benchor Road through a back sliding door, investigators said.
When Palm Bay police officers arrived, they found McCollom and Szejnrok deceased inside the house.
Detectives said Egler initially claimed an intruder had shot the victims but later admitted to shooting them herself when they returned home.
While at the scene, detectives said they found a gun underneath the teen’s bedroom window, a bloody knife on the bathroom window, and bloody footprints that matched the pattern at the bottom of the teen’s shoes. Detectives also discovered that the glass from the backdoor was on top of McCollum’s leg – which they say would have been impossible according to the teen’s account of what happened.
After being brought in for questioning, the teen eventually told detectives what really happened.
She allegedly broke into her mother’s bedroom to take her gun and ammunition while she waited in the kitchen area for the couple to come home. When they walked through the front door, she shot her mother and Szejnrok multiple times, police said.
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source: Fox35orlando
