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Georgia Teen Charged With Killing Parents as Digital Evidence Mounts

Her arrest highlights law enforcement’s growing reliance on digital footprints such as TikTok tributes alongside recorded funeral testimony.

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Overview

  • Seventeen-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick surrendered on July 8 and was charged as an adult with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault over the February 20 shootings of her mother and stepfather in Carroll County, Georgia.
  • Investigators from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation said they amassed “mountains of physical and digital evidence” during the months-long inquiry.
  • Key evidence included a series of TikTok videos in which Patrick mourned her parents and the tearful eulogy she delivered at their funeral.
  • Authorities found no signs of forced entry or theft at the Brock home, reinforcing suspicions that the suspect was close to the victims as motive remains undetermined.
  • Patrick is being held pending trial and faces life in prison without parole, and officials say they have not ruled out additional arrests.