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The WhiteHead Family
Thirty- four year old Jarmecca Yvonne Whitehead also know as nikki was murdered on the morning of January 13, 2010 in her conyers home.
Jarmecca Whitehead gave birth to a set of twin Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah on November 22, 1993. Throughout school these girls were straight A students. They participated in many activities such as ballet, chorus, and more. Nikki was a beautician so she kept their hair done. Nikki did everything she could to make sure her girls had everything they needed and many things they wanted. She wanted them to have a better life than she did.
As twins reached high school things took a wrong turn. They are no longer interested in school, suddenly the want to skip class and hang out with older boys. …show more content…

Nikki expressed how she was sick of them acting out. The argument escalated into more physical abuse. If only this time nikki knew that this particular fight would end in a bad tragedy. Jas hit her mother with a vase over the head. Investigators say that was thee first sign of blood drawn. As nikki was trying to fight back tas stabbed her. After more fighting Jas starts to choke her mother with a ribbon medallion she won when she was younger. After being hit back jas picks up the knife to stab her mother. After all the verbal and physical abuse the twins dragged her to the bathtub in the master's bedroom. During the interview with jas and tas they state that when they put her into the tub she was still alive. Jas said her mother's last word were “ I hate you. You're going to jail.” Jas told her mother she was sorry. After cleaning up the bloody mess the girl walked to school arriving two hours late. Students said that they act as if it was a normal day. The twins came home and they thought the police may have been there unfortunately they were not. Jas managed to flag down a officer passing through in her neighborhood. She told the officer that someone had killed her mother. She said her and her sister missed the bus but immetimatley start to walk to rockdale high school. They told officers that they made it to every class on time. The officer indicated that it seem as if she tried to put up a fight at the moment she was being killed but there was no sign of forced entry. Officers focus on the boyfriend as the prime suspect. After investigating they soon come to realize he had nothing to do with the murder. During interviews with the twin detective started to notice that they had many injuries bite mark, scratches, and more. Detectives immediately started to focus on them, But the twins were stick to their stories. Since detectives did not have a solid case the was forced to let them go. Haneef

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