A girl who was 13 when she fatally stabbed her friend in the neck during a fight is guilty of murder and felonious assault, a Hamilton County Juvenile Court judge ruled Wednesday.
The fight happened April 19, 2021. Both girls were 13 at the time and had been best friends for several years, Judge Kari Bloom said in a five-page written decision.
The teen and Nyaira Givens were heading home from Aiken High School that day on a Metro bus when Nyaira "heard a secret about herself come from another girl," Bloom said, even though she hadn't shared the information with that person. Nyaira had told her friend the secret and assumed the friend told others, Bloom said.
The Enquirer is not naming the juvenile defendant, who is now 15. Wearing dark-colored blazer over a black-and-white plaid dress and white turtleneck, she appeared to tremble in court as Bloom announced her decision. After being led out of the courtroom in handcuffs, she could be heard sobbing.
