A news search engine for the Internet reported 495 hits on stories Friday
morning about the murder of Carl and Sarah Collier, who police say were killed
in their north Fayette home Monday by their granddaughter, Holly Ann Harvey,
15, and her girlfriend, Sandy Ketchum, 16.
The teens have been charged with four counts of murder each and will be
tried as adults.
The court cases are expected to draw much attention to Fayette County, particularly
due to the dramatic nature of the crime. Police said just before the killings,
Harvey had written a checklist on her arm in ink with the words "kill," "keys," "money" and "jewelry."
Holly likely lured her grandparents down to her basement bedroom by smoking
marijuana, and Sandy hid under Holly's bed with a knife when the struggle
began, police said. Ultimately, Sandy joined the fight and stabbed Sarah
Collier. The Colliers were each stabbed more than 15 times, but Sarah Collier
was stabbed many more times than that, said Lt. Col. Bruce Jordan, director
of investigations for the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.
Harvey and Ketchum also called friends on a cellphone after the killings,
asking if their friends had seen anything on the news yet about the deaths
of Harvey's grandparents, who were raising her while her mother was
in jail serving time for drug charges.
The media posturing began Thursday at a first appearance hearing in Fayette
County Magistrate Court when defense attorneys Lloyd Walker and Judy Chidester,- who
are representing the girls separately,- asked for video and still cameras
to be banned from the courtroom during the hearing.
Walker argued that the case has already become "a media circus" and
allowing the cameras to record his client's face would do further harm
to her right to an impartial jury trial.
Chief Magistrate Charles Floyd denied Walker's motion after several
media representatives argued in favor of allowing the cameras to remain.
The girls entered the room separately (Sandy has cooperated with police
while Holly has not)- with bulletproof vests on. Both are also on suicide
watch at separate juvenile detention facilities, police said.







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