A teenager has confessed to fatally stabbing his five-year-old half-sister. Now court documents reveal how he left a note telling his family, “I wanted to kill you all.”
Stephen Jarrod Davis II, 19, ran away from home after allegedly killing five-year-old Anayah J Abdul while she was asleep in her bed in 2020. The teenager pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in the death of his half sister.
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However, a press release from the office of Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess stated that Davis is now seeking to prove that he was “not criminally responsible” (or “NCR”) for his actions at the time of the murder, which is reportedly Maryland’s version of an insanity plea. According to law and crime.
Authorities from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to a 911 call on October 3, 2020, and quickly showed up to the 4100 block of Apple Leaf Court in Pasadena regarding a missing vehicle. The caller reportedly told 911 that no one in the family had permission to take the black Dodge Charger and noted that Davis was missing.
Once the police came to the home, the mother told officers that she got a message from her doorbell camera at around 3 am showing activity in front of the house. She looked at the footage and saw Davis get into the minivan and move it into the street.
Meanwhile, a doorbell camera from a neighbor showed the family’s garage door opening and the black Dodge Charger exit before “quickly speeding away from the family home,” per the release.
Authorities discovered that the car was owned by the mother’s boyfriend. The family decided to call the police after finding a “concerning note” they believed had been written by the teenager. “Honestly, I hate y’all so much I wanted to kill you all, but I believe one is enough to cause you enough damage,” the note read, per a report from CBS News.
Investigators used data from Davis’ cell phone and tracked the Dodge Charger down on Interstate 70 in Ohio later that day. Ohio State Troopers saw the vehicle in Springfield, Ohio, and attempted a traffic stop, but Davis led them on a brief, high-speed chase before the officers eventually got him to pull over.
He was taken into custody and extradited back to Anne Arundel County to face murder charges. His devastated mother told investigators that violence was “out of character” for her son and that he had “no known mental or physical health problems,” although he “did not talk much.” Meanwhile, Davis’ father, who lived in Florida, told the authorities that his son had previously complained to him about a potential sibling rivalry and that he felt “unloved” by his family.