What's the location of your emergency [Music] life? I don't know. What happened when I was dead? >> That's mom. >> That's mom. >> Yeah. >> Connie Greg is evil. >> March 19th, 2024. Brandon, Mississippi, a small, quiet neighborhood where nothing ever happens. But that afternoon, something did. A teenage girl walks into her home, holding a secret that no one could see. Within minutes, a mother is dead. A stepfather is bleeding on the floor, and the question everyone would soon ask was chillingly simple. Why? To anyone on the outside, the Smiley family looked perfect. Ashley Smiley, a respected high school math teacher. loved by students, admired by colleagues. Her husband Heath, a physical therapist known for his kindness and steady nature, and Carly Madison Greg, Ashley's 14-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. Smart, creative, but quiet. They lived in a well-kept home on a calm street in Brandon, Mississippi. A place where neighbors waved, kids played outside, and nothing ever seemed out of place. But inside that house, something was unraveling. Ashley had started noticing changes in Carly. Mood swings, sudden anger, moments of blankness. Sometimes Carly would stare at the wall, whispering to herself. Other times, she'd cry and say she heard voices. She'd been placed in ecquin therapy, horseback sessions to calm her mind. But the peace never lasted. Carly began isolating herself, keeping secrets. And one day, those secrets began to surface. It started with a friend. One of Carly's classmates visited her room and found something strange. Hidden beneath her clothes were drugs, cannabis, vape pens, burner phones. The friend told Ashley that night, Ashley confronted her daughter. The argument was fierce. Voices were raised. Carly denied everything, but the truth was out. And Ashley, as a teacher and a mother, was determined to set her daughter straight. What no one knew was that confrontation would be the beginning of the end. That afternoon, Ashley and Carly returned home from school. Nothing seemed unusual. CCTV showed them entering the house together, groceries in hand. But in the next 10 minutes, everything changed. Carly paced back and forth, her face tense, her eyes distant. Witnesses would later describe her as disconnected, as if she wasn't there at all. Then she walked into her mother's bedroom. Under the mattress was a.357 Magnum revolver, Ashley's personal firearm. Carly retrieved it. She hid the weapon behind her back, walked into the living room, and raised it. Three shots, three echoes that would tear through a peaceful home. Ashley was hit in the head and died instantly. Then she moved quickly. She grabbed her mother's phone and started typing. She texted her stepfather pretending to be Ashley. When will you be home, honey? She also messaged her friend asking them to come over for an emergency. When the friend arrived, Carly led them inside. And then she asked one of the most disturbing questions imaginable. Have you ever seen a dead body? 49 minutes later, Heath Smiley returned home. He parked in the driveway expecting to see his wife. Instead, his teenage stepdaughter stood waiting. The moment he walked through the door, the gun fired. The bullet tore through his shoulder just inches from his face. He collapsed, bleeding, dazed. As Carly stood over him, she fled through the back door, disappearing into the woods behind the house. CCTV later showed her sprinting, accompanied by the same friend she texted earlier. >> What's the location of your emergency? I don't know what happens when someone attempt to shoot me. Your daughter tried to shoot you. >> Yeah. Shooting at me. >> What's her name? >> Carly Greg. >> Carly Greg. >> Does she still have a gun on her? >> I took it from her. She ran. >> You took it from her and she ran? >> Yes, sir. She was screaming something at me. I couldn't understand. I locked the door. She's outside. I don't know what's going on. How old is she? >> She's 14. Oh god. She's killed her mom. >> She what? >> She's killed her mom. >> She killed her mom. >> Where? Where's the mom? >> Mom. And when I do this, she's going to kill me. >> Where's the mom at? sir. Sir, >> sir wife. >> Okay, sir. Where is your Where's your wife? >> She's dead on the floor of my daughter's stepdaughter's room. >> Police rushed to the scene within minutes. Heath was pulled from the house, treated on the front lawn by paramedics. >> Jeans, t-shirt, short brown hair. She ran into the backyard. She ran over. Does she still have the gun? It's on the counter. I think there's one left in the back door. She tried to shoot me. I need some gloves. >> She went over this side back towards my vehicle. She might have looked around this way. Might look back towards the right there. She does not have the power. The arm is here. He's been [Music] 14. >> Does she have any kind of What's her name? Carly Greg. Carly Greg. How old is she? 14. She may get 10 next month. Okay. Hey, listen to me. Okay, I need to get some information from you. What is her name again? >> Carly. C A R L Y. >> C A R L Y. >> Carly Madison G. G R E G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G >> G E R E G G She's my stepdaughter. All right. Her dad lives in dark and we're having all kind of problems with him. He's got drugs and >> what is your name, sir? >> Smiley. >> Okay. Hey, let me uh do y'all are yall just going to roll with him right now or I need to get a picture. >> Well, what I was going to say is if I need to get anything with him, do it. >> Yeah. >> And uh we were asking for the hospital, I'm sure. So, >> yeah. So, I'm just uh pretty smiley. I ask for smile. The gun that's used is right there on the counter. Captain Dad saw who? >> She's she's in here. >> Yeah. Sweet. >> Figure out where the [ __ ] she going. >> Quickly cleared it, but I didn't. Yeah. [Music] That's mom. >> Yeah. >> No, she mom and dad both got it. >> Mom and dad both got >> dad's got her through and through on the shoulder. He's already in the ambulance. approaching. >> Carly was found just a few blocks away, walking calmly as if nothing had happened. She was arrested without a fight. And one final twist, a security camera from the house gone. Hours later, it was found hidden inside the refrigerator, still running cold. >> All right. >> Yeah. Uh, let me get I got a handcuff on her. I got her in handcuff. All right, sweetie. Look, let me uh let me see step out real quick, Frank. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to move over around to the front of you. Okay. >> I'm going to move the handcuffs around to the front of you. >> Okay. All right. All right. So, what we're going to do here is we're going to swap your hands. Okay. >> All right. I'll ask you a bunch of questions, but obviously you fired with a pistol, correct? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> All right. Look, I need you to hold your hand up like this. I'm going do your right hand first. Okay. Your right hand like that here. >> What is this? So GSR is show. Which hand did you shoot with? Which hand did you shoot with? >> Flop the hand. Turn the hand over. >> Turn it over and rub on the outside part around the knuckles. Where do you want you want? >> Um, I guess you can put in my vehicle with my key in my left pocket. >> All right. So, go ahead. Go ahead. >> All right. Is that okay? >> I don't know. Baby, I can't talk to you about >> Are you okay? >> Yeah. >> Oh. Please think what? Can you take her to the office? >> The case shook Brandon to its core, a 14-year-old girl murdering her own mother. Detectives began piecing together the evidence. text messages, CCTV footage, hidden devices. But there was one eerie detail that baffled investigators. One of the houses security cameras had vanished. Days later, it was found stuffed inside a refrigerator. The hard drive frozen, nearly destroyed. Had Carly tried to erase what it saw, or had she simply panicked? No one knew for sure. But one thing was certain. Carly had planned her next moves with chilling precision. In September 2024, the trial began. State of Mississippi versus Carly Madison Greg. Because of the nature of her crimes, Carly was charged as an adult, 14 years old, facing life in prison. Her defense argued that she was insane, that she had been hallucinating, that new medication had worsened her dissociation. Psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Clark testified that Carly's mind had split and she was not aware of her actions. >> She was still cutting. She also reported that the voices were getting worse. Um that they were becoming more urgent, more prominent, um and and and she was beginning to worry that that that they were taking over for her. Now, she told me that the only thing the voices said to her were things that were um um um kind of elitist. Like, you're better than those people. Like, that's the only thing she told me. Uh they said um so her mood is poor, the voices are getting worse. Um her sleep continues to be bad, and she's smoking marijuana on a on an two or three times a week. She also reported that she had a fair amount of anxiety um during this time as well. >> Your honor, may I approach? >> Dr. Clark, when did you first receive the vital court records? >> So, I received the vital core records or the records from the Ranken County Correctional Facility for her um psychiatric treatment and medication. And I didn't receive them until I had already um interviewed uh Carly. >> But prosecutors didn't buy it. They claimed she was fully aware, methodical, manipulative, and dangerous. They pointed to the text messages she sent, the way she hid the gun, and even how she attempted to cover up evidence. Dr. Jason Picket, a state psychiatrist, called her actions diabolical. He said, "Bab, no one lost in psychosis could plan a trap or lure a man home to shoot him." Pickicket, you talked about some of the text messages that you reviewed. Um, were those messages from the day of the incident, March the 19th, 2024? >> Yes, some of them were. I I reviewed text messages for a long time, various people, but yes, I did review text messages from the time very close to the time of the offense. So I want to uh walk you through that. So um the messages that that you reviewed, can you kind of tell the ladies and gentlemen about why that was important in rendering your ultimate opinion? >> Yes. So the text messages at the time of the offense are a window into her mind at that time. And having her words that close to the time of the offense is a pretty good window into her mind and what she was thinking and how she was doing at that time in my opinion. Um, and and I asked Dr. Googliano, I believe you're present in the courtroom. It's not very common that we actually have like medical records from a defendant the day before they commit a violent crime. Is it? >> In experience, I'll have medical records related to somebody who's had a crime, but having it somebody do a exam the day before is pretty unusual, rare, not the typical norm. I if I have that, I'm very thankful for it. >> In court, Carly sat quietly, expressionless, sometimes looking down, sometimes staring straight at the jury. The jurors saw no signs of confusion or remorse, just a cold, detached calm. After just 2 hours of deliberation, the jury returned. Carly Greg was found guilty. On all counts, first-degree murder, attempted murder, tampering with evidence. The judge's words cut through the courtroom. You will serve two life sentences without parole, plus 10 years. Carly was only 14. She declined a plea deal that could have given her 40 years instead of life. And as the verdict was read, she didn't cry. She didn't flinch. She just stared. >> Your sentences will be as follows. As to count one, the jury haven't fixed the verdict at life imprisonment, this court will sentence you to life imprisonment. As to count two, you'll be sentenced to life imprisonment. As to count three, you'll be sentenced 10 years to serve. You'll be required to pay court cost fees and assessments in the amount of >> 431 >> $431.50. Miss Greg, regarding any appeal of your judgment of conviction and order of sentence and in accordance with right versus state 577, Southern 2nd 387, the court wants to inform me that pursuant to rule 4E of the Mississippi rules of appellet procedure, the notice of appeal required by rule three of such rules shall be filed with the circuit clerk within 30 days after the date of the denial of any motion for a new trial or the date of imposition of sentence, whichever is later. Pursuant to rule 4E, if you make a timely motion under the Mississippi rules of criminal procedure for a judgment of a quiddle notwithstanding the verdict of the jury or for a new trial under rule 25.1, the time for appeal shall run from the entry of the order denying such motion. Finally, rule 25.1 subsection C provides that a motion for a new trial must be made within 10 days of entry of the judgment, which includes both adjudication of guilt and sentence. Should you make a decision on the record to appeal, that decision will stand unless a written statement to the contrary signed by you and your attorney is filed with the court. Should you make a decision to wave appeal, that decision will stand unless you give written notice to the court and your attorney prior to expiration of the time in which perfected appeal. Should no decision to appeal be made by you, your failure to express a desire to appeal shall be considered a waiver of your right to appeal. And that waiver will stand unless you give written notice to the court and to your attorney prior to expiration of the time in which to perfect an appeal. Have you made a decision to appeal your conviction and sentence? >> All right. Court will be in recess. I apologize. >> Senses will run concurrent. In the weeks after the trial, Carly's defense filed an appeal claiming the trial was unfair. They said new evidence about her mental health was ignored, that her biological father's testimony, about her early hallucinations and therapy was never fully heard. But in October 2024, the appeal was denied. No new trial, no leniency. Carly was transferred to the youthful offender unit at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility where she remains today. We hope you found this video interesting. Let us know in the comment section below. Hit the subscribe button for more interesting videos like this. Thanks for watching this video.