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Posted: Thursday, 02 October 2008 6:53AM
Cops: Suspect in Teen Slaying Fled in Victim's Sneakers
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- Police say a Brooklyn teenager was arrested wearing the sneakers she ripped off her cousin's feet -- after allegedly stabbing her 18 times and slashing her throat with a kitchen knife.
Sixteen-year-old Shannon Braithwaite was found by her mother -- in a pool of blood, her body blocking the entrance to the family's Crown Heights apartment.
Police say that after stabbing her cousin in the face, neck and hands on Tuesday, the 15-year-old suspect fled in the victim's sneakers, also taking the slain honor student's cell phone, camera and MP3 player.
The suspect, Tiana Browne, faces a second-degree murder charge.
Shannon's mother, Marva Braithwaite, had taken in the troubled runaway just days earlier. She says she never imagined the teen had so much rage and jealousy in her that she was capable of killing.
After identifying her daughter's body at the medical examiner's office, the mother collapsed weeping on her hands and knees.
Later, at a sidewalk vigil, the mother urged friends and neighbors to do all they can to help their troubled kids. She said that when a child is "messed up, the whole community is messed up.''
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