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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Portrait of a grief-stricken teenager - but now she's charged with killing her parents
A high school student who publicly grieved over the death of her parents is now charged in their brutal slayings. Sarah Grace Patrick appeared to be a 17-year-old shattered by tragedy after her mother Kristin, 41, and stepfather James Brock, 47, were found fatally shot in their Georgia home in February. But her tearful selfies and grief-stricken tributes rang hollow last week as she was charged with their murders. Police say Kristin and Brock were both shot dead as they slept in their home in Carrollton, 45 miles west of Atlanta, on February 20. Sarah Grace Patrick, who was 16 at the time, was inside the house during the killings and called 911 after her then-five-year-old half-sister Jaley discovered the lifeless bodies. There were no immediate suspects or leads, and the couple's death at first seemed like a mysterious tragedy that had left two young girls without a family. For months, Patrick played the grieving daughter who was coping with an unimaginable loss, delivering a tearful eulogy at the funeral and sharing heartbreaking TikTok videos about her slain parents. One TikTok from March shows a slideshow of images of her mother and stepfather, set to emotional music and accompanied by the text: 'They don't know it, but a year from now me and my 5-year-old sister would find them wrongfully shot dead in our home – and they won't get to watch me graduate high school, see me walk down the aisle, or even say goodbye.' In the caption, she wrote: 'I miss you guys, save a seat for me in heaven.' She continued to share numerous videos about her grief, employing various trending TikTok formats for emotional effect. In one, she appears distraught with mascara streaked down her cheeks. The overlay reads: 'Life's hard but at least I have my mom.' The video later cuts to a final slide showing two urns and a framed photograph of Kristin and James Brock, with text overlay: 'Mom?' Patrick also portrayed herself as heartbroken over her little sister's trauma from finding her parents' bullet-riddled bodies. In one post, she wrote: 'I can't help but hate myself because I didn't wake up to find them before my 5yo sister had to find her parents like that'. Another read: 'It hits me when I see my 5-year-old sister screaming for her mommy and daddy.' Several of her videos took the form of emotional tributes praising her mother. 'I don't know if she ever realized… that the person I most wanted to be was her,' she wrote in one post with additional slides describing her mom as 'so kind and so loving.' But perhaps most unsettling are the posts containing selfies of Patrick appearing distraught and in tears over her mom's death. She shared a photo clutching her mother's clothes, seemingly crying into them, with the text: 'Her T-shirt [heart emoji].' She shared one selfie of her sobbing in bed captioned: 'I just want my momma,' and another of herself in anguish, reading: 'wdym [what do you mean] I can't call my mom?' In one haunting image, she appears to be choking back tears en route to the funeral, writing: 'This can't be real. Otw (on the way) to my parents' funeral.' Since Patrick's arrest, true crime communities on social media have erupted, dissecting her content and questioning what could have possibly driven an angel-faced teen to allegedly murder her parents. The story took an even stranger turn when a popular true crime content creator who posts under @Allegedly Reportedly and has over 120,000 followers, revealed that Patrick had reached out to her weeks before her arrest, asking for help getting coverage of the case. The TikTokker shared screenshots of their exchange which showed Patrick had sent her a private message on the platform on June 3, telling her to 'search up Brock case.' 'They're my parents, and out of nowhere a random Thursday night in Feb someone came into my house with me and my 5-year-old sister and shot my parents brutally - leaving them for me and my little sister to wake up to,' Patrick wrote. 'I am in absolute shock right now,' the TikTokker wrote in a caption of the video on Wednesday. 'An arrest has been made in the case of James and Kristin Brock, whose lives were taken in February – the person arrested is their daughter, who previously asked me to cover their case?!' In addition to posting videos of her grief online, Patrick apparently also worked behind the scenes to spread her story, issuing statements on her father's Facebook account and asking friends to share details of the incident on her behalf. Last month, weeks before Patrick's arrest, family friend Kellie Brown took to TikTok to share that the teen reached out to her on June 22 asking her to share information about what happened that night with the public. 'Sarah has confirmed that she was awake the night of the incident and 'heard nothing out of the normal'. Those are her words,' Brown said in a June 24 video. She added that Patrick said she had only heard her the alarm from her stepfather's heart machine - which would've been triggered by his death – 'going off throughout the night.' Patrick's original account has since been deactivated, but the disturbing videos have resurfaced and gone viral after social media sleuths re-uploaded her content following the shocking news. The videos are now flooded with comments questioning whether her posts were a manifestation of guilt or a calculated attempt to win sympathy. 'I wonder if she actually started to regret it or if it was all just a cover up,' one user wrote.' 'She wanted attention and sympathy for it!!!' another speculated. Patrick is being charged as an adult on two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault after turning herself in to police on Tuesday accompanied by her father Doniel Patrick. Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the killings and say the investigation is ongoing and further arrests could be made. Investigators from Carroll County Sheriff's Office have cited 'mountains of digital and physical evidence' that led to her arrest – including Patrick's emotional eulogy. Video of her tribute at her mom and stepfather's funeral service was published by after relatives of the victims shared the footage in disgust after her arrest. Patrick, dressed in a pale blue minidress, can be seen taking to the lectern during the March 8 afternoon service at the Catalyst church in Carrollton, where the Brocks were active members. She paid glowing tributes to her mother and stepfather, thanking Brock 'for all the life lessons you taught me,' and praising her mom as a 'beautiful kind soul with so much gratitude.' She thanked her family, including her grandparents, a long list of siblings, and others for 'helping me get through my worst nightmare' and 'making such a big difference.' Concluding her eulogy, she said: 'Jamey and all would thank you too. I love you guys and so did they, I'm sorry.' During a press conference about her arrest this week, Carroll County communications director Ashley Hulsey confirmed her tribute at the funeral was a key piece of evidence. Speaking to News Nation, Hulsey admitted the eulogy 'seemed odd' and noted that Patrick had ended her speech saying 'I'm sorry.' 'Was that, "I'm sorry because I may have done this" or is it, "I'm sorry because I was upset during this eulogy"? 'We may never know the answer to that, but that did stand out to me at the time,' she said. Hulsey also confirmed investigators are aware of the teen's social media posts. Sharing footage of the funeral remarks, James Brock's niece Krysten Dowda told that she immediately became suspicious of Patrick 'after the shock wore off,' adding: 'The pieces just weren't making sense.' 'After their funeral, when I saw someone had recorded this, I immediately saved it because I knew one day everyone would get to see this for what it was,' she said. 'The feeling of being at a funeral to say goodbye to someone you loved and thinking to yourself: am I actually witnessing the person that murdered them, standing up here in front of everyone and fake crying about them? 'Does anyone else see this person doing a crying voice but never shed a single tear?'
The Sun
3 days ago
- The Sun
Teen girl's chilling social media posts before she was charged with double murder of mom & stepdad following eulogy
A TEENAGE girl accused of murdering her mum and stepdad shared haunting social media posts in the months after their deaths. Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, faces two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault in connection to the shootings of Kristin Brock, 41, and James Brock, 45. 12 12 She initially appeared to be a distraught teenager over social media, left heartbroken by her parents' tragic deaths. The teen posted selfies of herself crying and even made pleas for justice for months after her parents' killings - before handing herself into cops last week. She even gave a tearful funeral eulogy to her slain mum and stepdad - which later on made her the prime suspect in their murder. Her social media is now being seen through a completely different lens after she was arrested and charged with the double murders on Tuesday. One TikTok post from March just a month after her parents' killings shows pictures of her mum and stepdad, with emotional music and tearjerking text. The post reads: "They don't know it, but a year from now me and my 5-year-old sister would find them wrongfully shot dead in our home – and they won't get to watch me graduate high school, see me walk down the aisle, or even say goodbye." In the eerie caption she wrote: "I miss you guys, save a seat for me in heaven." Patrick was just 16 years old when Kristin and James were shot dead as they slept in their home in Carrollton, west of Atlanta on February 20. Cops say the teenager was in the house during the killings and called police after her then five-year-old sister Jaley discovered their corpses. Authorities also said there were no signs of forced entry and nothing appeared stolen. Girl, 17, hands herself into police over murder of mom and stepdad who were gunned down three months ago Another one of Patrick's TikToks showed the 17-year-old with tears down her face, messy mascara, and text reading: "Life's hard but at least I have my mom." The next picture slide then shows a picture of two urns next two pictures of Kristin and James captioned: "Mom?" Patrick also portrayed herself as crushed and grief-stricken over her younger sister's trauma from finding her parents' dead bodies. In another disturbing post, she wrote: "I can't help but hate myself because I didn't wake up to find them before my 5yo sister had to find her parents like that." Another read: "It hits me when I see my 5-year-old sister screaming for her mommy and daddy." Several of her videos involved emotional tributes praising her late mum. In one post she wrote: "I don't know if she ever realized… that the person I most wanted to be was her." Unsettling selfies of Patrick appearing sorrowful and in tears over her mum's death were also posted for the public to see. 12 12 One photo showed the teen clutching her mum's clothes, seemingly crying into them, with the text: "Her T-shirt [heart emoji]." And in another haunting image, she appears to be choking back tears on the way to her parents' funeral. The text reads: "This can't be real. Otw (on the way) to my parents' funeral." The social media speculation over Patrick's behaviour took another sinister turn after a true crime influencer alleged that the teen reached out to them asking for help promoting coverage of the case. Content creator Allegedly Reportedly, who has over 120,000, posted screenshots allegedly showing Patrick asking the TikTok user to research the murder of her parents and share the story. Patrick's original social media account has since been deactivated - but the unsettling posts have resurfaced and sparked rampant speculation online. The teenager is being charged as an adult on two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault after turning herself in to police on Tuesday accompanied by her dad Doniel Patrick. Cops have not yet revealed a motive for the killings and say the investigation is still ongoing. 12 12 It comes after chilling footage resurfaced of Patrick's eulogy, showing the teen in a pale blue dress, standing before mourners at the lectern of the Catalyst Church in Carollton, Georgia. She said: 'I just wanted to say goodbye to my mom and James since we never got the chance to.' Patrick called her mother a 'beautiful kind soul' and told mourners she'd always be her 'sunshine'. Carroll County Sherriff's spokesperson Ashley Hulsey told NewsNation: 'It seemed odd. It was more like a speech, and at the end she said, 'I'm sorry.' 'Was that, 'I'm sorry because I may have done this,' or is it, 'I'm sorry because I was upset during this eulogy'? We may never know.' 12 12
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE 'Killer' teen Sarah Grace Patrick's funeral selfies and fake tears resurface as she's charged with double murder
The 17-year-old girl accused of gunning down her mother and stepfather had curated a chilling portrait of grief on social media for months after the brutal killings, Daily Mail can reveal. To the public, Sarah Grace Patrick appeared to be a teenager shattered by tragedy after her mom Kristin, 41, and stepdad James Brock, 47, were mysteriously found shot dead in their Georgia home in February. The high school student posted tributes, tearful selfies, and even pleas for justice – but never hinting that she might be the one behind the murders. But her haunting digital trail was being viewed through an entirely different lens and on Tuesday she was arrested and charged with the double murders. Police say Kristin and James were both shot dead as they slept in their home in Carrollton, 45 miles west of Atlanta on February 20. Patrick, who was 16 at the time, was inside the house during the killings and called 911 after her then-five-year-old half-sister Jaley discovered the lifeless bodies. There were no immediate suspects or leads, and the couple's death at first seemed like a mysterious tragedy that had left two young girls without a family. For months, Patrick played the grieving daughter who was coping with an unimaginable loss, delivering a tearful eulogy at the funeral and sharing heartbreaking TikTok videos about her slain parents. One TikTok from March shows a slideshow of images of her mother and stepfather, set to emotional music and accompanied by the text: 'They don't know it, but a year from now me and my 5-year-old sister would find them wrongfully shot dead in our home – and they won't get to watch me graduate high school, see me walk down the aisle, or even say goodbye.' In the caption, she wrote: 'I miss you guys, save a seat for me in heaven.' She continued to share numerous videos about her grief, employing various trending TikTok formats for emotional effect. In one, she appears distraught with mascara streaked down her cheeks. The overlay reads: 'Life's hard but at least I have my mom.' The video later cuts to a final slide showing two urns and a framed photograph of Kristin and James Brock, with text overlay: 'Mom?' Patrick also portrayed herself as heartbroken over her little sister's trauma from finding her parents' bullet-riddled bodies. In one post, she wrote: 'I can't help but hate myself because I didn't wake up to find them before my 5yo sister had to find her parents like that'. Another read: 'It hits me when I see my 5-year-old sister screaming for her mommy and daddy.' Several of her videos took the form of emotional tributes praising her mother. 'I don't know if she ever realized… that the person I most wanted to be was her,' she wrote in one post with additional slides describing her mom as 'so kind and so loving.' But perhaps most unsettling are the posts containing selfies of Patrick appearing distraught and in tears over her mom's death. She shared a photo clutching her mother's clothes, seemingly crying into them, with the text: 'Her T-shirt [heart emoji].' She shared one selfie of her sobbing in bed captioned: 'I just want my momma,' and another of herself in anguish, reading: 'wdym [what do you mean] I can't call my mom?' In one haunting image, she appears to be choking back tears en route to the funeral, writing: 'This can't be real. Otw (on the way) to my parents' funeral.' Since Patrick's arrest, true crime communities on social media have erupted, dissecting her content and questioning what could have possibly driven an angel-faced teen to allegedly murder her parents. The story took an even stranger turn when a popular true crime content creator who posts under @Allegedly Reportedly and has over 120,000 followers, revealed that Patrick had reached out to her weeks before her arrest, asking for help getting coverage of the case. The TikTokker shared screenshots of their exchange which showed Patrick had sent her a private message on the platform on June 3, telling her to 'search up Brock case.' 'They're my parents, and out of nowhere a random Thursday night in Feb someone came into my house with me and my 5-year-old sister and shot my parents brutally - leaving them for me and my little sister to wake up to,' Patrick wrote. 'I am in absolute shock right now,' the TikTokker wrote in a caption of the video on Wednesday. 'An arrest has been made in the case of James and Kristin Brock, whose lives were taken in February – the person arrested is their daughter, who previously asked me to cover their case?!' In addition to posting videos of her grief online, Patrick apparently also worked behind the scenes to spread her story, issuing statements on her father's Facebook account and asking friends to share details of the incident on her behalf. Last month, weeks before Patrick's arrest, family friend Kellie Brown took to TikTok to share that the teen reached out to her on June 22 asking her to share information about what happened that night with the public. 'Sarah has confirmed that she was awake the night of the incident and "heard nothing out of the normal". Those are her words,' Brown said in a June 24 video. Popular true crime content creator known as 'Allegedly Reportedly' this week revealed that Patrick had reached out to her weeks before her arrest, asking for help getting coverage of the case She added that Patrick said she had only heard her the alarm from her stepfather's heart machine - which would've been triggered by his death – 'going off throughout the night.' Patrick's original account has since been deactivated, but the disturbing videos have resurfaced and gone viral after social media sleuths re-uploaded her content following the shocking news. The videos are now flooded with comments questioning whether her posts were a manifestation of guilt or a calculated attempt to win sympathy. 'I wonder if she actually started to regret it or if it was all just a cover up,' one user wrote.' 'She wanted attention and sympathy for it!!!' another speculated. Patrick is being charged as an adult on two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault after turning herself in to police on Tuesday accompanied by her father Doniel Patrick. Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the killings and say the investigation is ongoing and further arrests could be made. Investigators from Carroll County Sheriff's Office have cited 'mountains of digital and physical evidence' that led to her arrest – including Patrick's emotional eulogy. Video of her tribute at her mom and stepfather's funeral service was published by the Daily Mail after relatives of the victims shared the footage in disgust after her arrest. Patrick, dressed in a demure, pale blue mini dress, can be seen taking to the lectern during the March 8 afternoon service at the Catalyst church in Carrollton, where the Brocks were very active members. She paid glowing tributes to her mother and stepfather, thanking Brock 'for all the life lessons you taught me', and praising her mom as a 'beautiful kind soul with so much gratitude'. She thanked her family, including her grandparents, a long list of siblings, and others for 'helping me get through my worst nightmare' and 'making such a big difference'. Concluding her eulogy, she said: 'Jamey and all would thank you too. I love you guys and so did they, I'm sorry.' During a press conference about her arrest this week, Carroll County communications director Ashley Hulsey confirmed her tribute at the funeral was a key piece of evidence. Speaking to News Nation, Hulsey admitted the eulogy 'seemed odd' and noted that Patrick had ended her speech saying 'I'm sorry.' 'Was that, "I'm sorry because I may have done this" or is it, "I'm sorry because I was upset during this eulogy"? We may never know the answer to that, but that did stand out to me at the time,' she said. Hulsey also confirmed investigators are aware of the teen's social media posts. Sharing footage of the funeral remarks, James Brock's niece Krysten Dowda told Daily Mail that she immediately became suspicious of Patrick 'after the shock wore off', adding: 'The pieces just weren't making sense.' 'After their funeral, when I saw someone had recorded this, I immediately saved it because I knew one day everyone would get to see this for what it was,' she said. 'The feeling of being at a funeral to say goodbye to someone you loved and thinking to yourself, am I actually witnessing the person that murdered them, standing up here in front of everyone and fake crying about them? 'Does anyone else see this person doing a crying voice but never shed a single tear?'
Fox News
4 days ago
- Fox News
Georgia teen who raised 'awareness' about mother, stepfather's deaths on TikTok now charged with their murder
A teenage girl in Georgia is accused of murdering her mother and stepfather after she allegedly spent months raising awareness about their deaths on TikTok. 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick turned herself in on July 8 and is accused of killing her mother, Kristin Brock, 41, and stepfather, James Brock, 45, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. Patrick allegedly killed her mother and stepfather on Feb. 20 at their home in Carroll County, Georgia. Carroll County Communications Director Ashley Hulsey said at a press conference that both parents were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds on Feb. 20. Hulsey said Patrick will be charged as an adult. She was initially charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault. "We don't know what goes through the mind of a child who wants to harm their parents," Hulsey said. "She's 17. She's kind of been out on her own. She's lived with different family members and moved all over the place." Patrick herself made the 911 call to report that her parents were injured, Hulsey said. The communications director said that investigators have "mountains of evidence" against Patrick in this case, but declined to elaborate. Hulsey told Fox News Digital that Patrick operated a TikTok account with the username @sgrace04282. The TikTok account is no longer online, but she made comments talking about her parents after their death on Feb. 20. Fox News Digital obtained screenshots from true crime influencer AllegedlyReportedly, which shows Patrick commenting on several of her videos. "Thank you for spreading awareness," Patrick commented one video. "From an investigative standpoint, it would seem that it was someone who knew them. Hoping for answers, and swift justice," one TikTok user wrote. "Most definitely was since they knew the house," Patrick responded. Hulsey said the "saddest victim" in this case is the Brock's toddler who is now parentless. "A mother and a stepfather will never be able to raise their children and the little girl that was in the home," Hulsey said. The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted with the investigation.
The Sun
5 days ago
- The Sun
Haunting moment teen girl gives tearful funeral eulogy to mother and stepdad – before being charged with their murder
THIS is the haunting moment a teen gave a tearful funeral eulogy to her slain mother and stepdad - just months after allegedly killing them. Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, now faces two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault in connection to the shootings of Kristin Brock, 41, and James Brock, 45. 7 7 The chilling video of Patrick's eulogy shows the teen in a pale blue dress, standing before mourners at the lectern of the Catalyst Church in Carollton, Georgia. She said: 'I just wanted to say goodbye to my mom and James since we never got the chance to.' Patrick called her mother a 'beautiful kind soul' and told mourners she'd always be her 'sunshine.' Now, the same speech that drew tears from the crowd is drawing scrutiny from law enforcement. Carroll County Sherriff's spokesperson Ashley Hulsey told NewsNation: 'It seemed odd. It was more like a speech, and at the end she said, 'I'm sorry.' 'Was that, 'I'm sorry because I may have done this,' or is it, 'I'm sorry because I was upset during this eulogy'? We may never know.' Patrick was 16 at the time of the February 20 murders. She reportedly called 911 after her half-sister, aged five, discovered the couple's bodies inside their Carrollton home, west of Atlanta. Both had been shot multiple times. Police say there were no signs of forced entry and nothing appeared stolen. In the weeks following the murders, Patrick posted emotional tributes to her parents on social media. She even shared a TikTok montage, saying she'd "always think about how much I needed them", NBC reports. 'From the very moment the 911 call was received, a relentless investigation began,' the sheriff's office said in a statement. That probe eventually zeroed in on Patrick's so-called 'digital footprint.' 'When you want to post your life online, it becomes fair game,' Hulsey said. Family members say they grew uneasy with Patrick's behaviour, especially at the funeral. James Brock's niece, Krysten Dowda, claims that Patrick's online statements changed over time and that she 'did a crying voice but never shed a single tear.' She told the Daily Mail: 'She fake cried at the funeral. 'The main thing… how do you not hear multiple gunshots in a small house?' The niece also claimed she immediately saved a video of the eulogy, adding: 'I knew one day everyone would get to see this for what it was.' 7 In the video, Patrick addressed the congregation with what appeared to be trembling sincerity. 'Your heart will be finally healed in heaven,' she said of her stepfather. 'Although that gives me so much comfort, your life was not supposed to end there.' While Dowda has publicly condemned Patrick, her grandfather - Kristin Brock's dad - is standing behind her. 'She swears her innocence,' Dennis Nolan told NewsNation. 'If they had something concrete, they would have arrested her a whole lot sooner.' Patrick's dad, Doniel Patrick, was by her side when she surrendered this week and has since posted online: 'I'll always be in your corner… 'You were sent here with purpose, wrapped in grace and born to shine in ways only your soul knows how.' Authorities say they're still searching for a motive. Hulsey described the case as active and ongoing, warning that additional arrests could still be made. The teen is being charged as an adult and is currently represented by a public defender. 'She's 17. She's kind of been out on her own. She's lived with different family members and moved all over the place,' Hulsey said. 'We don't know what goes through the mind of a child who wants to harm their parents.' 7 7
