By OLIVIA BERGMEIER Salina Post
SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a teen for alleged attempted murder.
Just before 2:30a.m. Saturday, police arrived at a home in the 2100 block of Village Lane in Salina where the parents of a 13-year-old girl reported that she attempted to kill them while they were sleeping.
According to Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, the parents recorded the incident through a surveillance camera stationed in their room.
"The surveillance camera shows the 13-year-old coming into the room with a pillow and a knife, a large butcher knife," Tonniges said.
The 13-year-old then attempted to smother her father with the pillow — as he woke up from the incident, she ran into the closet to hide before returning to try again.
The father woke up during the second attempt by the teen and realized his daughter's intent, so he reviewed the video footage from their room.
"She admits that she had gone into this room with the intent of killing both her mother and father. Police arrested her on a requested charge of attempted first-degree murder. She is being held in the Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City.