A 12-year-old girl who allegedly killed her stepmother said that a fictional clown named 'Laughing Jack' told her to do it.
According to court documents filed on Tuesday and cited by
WSBT-TV, the Elkhart, Indiana girl set her family's apartment on fire and stabbed her stepmother, Maria Torres, 'at the direction of a fictional character found on the CreepyPasta website known as 'Laughing Jack.''
Maria Torres, 50, died in July after being stabbed to death allegedly by her 12-year-old stepdaughter
The court documents also revealed the girl, who has not been named because of her age, begged her father for help months before she allegedly stabbed her 50-year-old stepmother to death July 23.
She also 'heard voices' and had an 'alter ego' months before the stabbing.
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The girl has been declared incompetent to stand trial by three doctors who all diagnosed her with Dissociate Identity Disorder, or multiple personality disorder, WSBT-TV reported.
She was also found by two of the doctors to be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Her public defender said that she is having difficulty with finding help for her.
'This little girl has been failed by everyone,' Holly Curtis, the girl's public defender, told WSBT-TV.
At least 16 psychiatric facilities have refused to take her, and the state won't either despite a court order being signed this week by both a magistrate and a judge.
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