ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — As prosecutors move forward with first-degree murder charges against a 16-year-old girl accused in the deaths of her parents and grandmother, one North Carolina juvenile law expert says the legal system may ultimately have to decide whether the teen should be viewed solely as an offender — or also as a victim.
Star Melody Grant, 16, and her co-defendant, 28-year-old Devan Oneal Loving, are charged in the May killings of Grant’s parents, Travis and Kimberly Grant, and her grandmother, Sharon Grant, at the family’s Ashworth Drive home in Fairview.
Authorities said the three victims were found dead inside the home on May 7 after multiple welfare checks in the days prior. Investigators said Grant was missing from the residence when the bodies were discovered. She and Loving were arrested the following day in Gatlinburg, Tennessee…