Siblings are known for their rivalries, however, this time things became too serious after a Georgia woman was recently convicted for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old brother in 2022. The incident occurred a few days before Christmas 2022, in which both siblings were engaged in an argument before the stabbing occurred. On June 14th, a Georgia jury deliberated for nearly four hours before finding Taeja Janae Williams guilty of five charges.
On December 21st, 2022, Georgia police responded to a stabbing report in Woodstock, which is just north of Atlanta. Once on scene, authorities determined that a verbal argument had occurred between Williams and her younger brother inside the home. Police confirmed that the argument led to Williams, who was 20 years old at the time, stabbing her younger brother multiple times in his chest, left abdomen, and left shoulder. Williams’s brother was then quickly rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors realized the teenager’s blood pressure was at dangerously low levels, and that the stab to his chest had pierced through chest muscles and punctured the boy’s left lung. The wound collapsed William’s brother’s left lung, sliced a blood vessel inside the lung, and even caused bruising and laceration to the organ.
Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit District Attorney Susan K. Treadway reported that the case went to the Superior Court, where the trial spanned over four days. Six witnesses were called before the jury during the trial, including William’s brother and her mother, as well as responding officers and the trauma surgeon who operated on the teenager. The jury was presented with 48 exhibits of evidence, including the knife used in the stabbing and crime scene photos from the time.
Last Friday, the jury concluded after four hours that Williams was guilty on the counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated battery, possession of a knife while committing a felony, and cruelty to a child in the first degree.