A tragic incident occurred in Brandon, Mississippi. In March 2024, Ashley Smylie was shot and killed in her home. Her husband, the stepfather to her daughter, was shot and wounded. Her 14-year-old daughter was arrested in connection with these two incidents and charged with murder and attempted murder.
Carly Madison Gregg has pleaded not guilty to both counts. During the preliminary hearing, the prosecution revealed disturbing details of the alleged murder and attempted murder. They claimed Gregg texted a friend and invited them over to see her mom’s corpse.
Gregg’s bizarre and disturbing behavior was caught on home security cameras. You can see her mom and her returning home after an outing. A little while later, you see Gregg going into her mother’s bedroom. “Then you hear a gunshot, a scream, followed by two more gunshots,” Rankin County Investigator Zachary Cotton explained during the hearing.
Gregg then returns to the kitchen. She is seen texting. The prosecution alleged she was texting her stepfather and asking when he would be home.
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Gregg took some time to sing to the family dog. She also sent her friend a text saying she had an emergency. The friend had her father drive her over. Gregg asked her friend if she had ever seen a dead body. When the friend replied no she reportedly showed the friend her mom’s corpse and confessed to shooting her mom and stepdad.
According to the stepdad, he returned home to find Gregg armed with a pistol. She allegedly shot him in the shoulder before he was able to get the gun away from her. She then fled the scene.
Not too long after, Gregg was apprehended. She was found near the home. She is being tried as an adult.
Gregg’s mother worked as a teacher at the same high school her daughter attended. She taught math at Northwest Rankin High School. She is remembered as having a "gift in mathematics, technology and the arts."
