A Tennessee boy is behind bars, accused of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old cheerleader early Tuesday morning.
The body of Savannah Copeland was found on a trail shortly before 5 p.m. through a tracking app.
The girl’s father said she went missing overnight. Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler announced the arrest of 15-year-old Malakiah Harris in connection to the slaying.
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“I’m not going to allow my heart to be filled with that kind of rage, it’s going to be filled with compassion,” the girl’s father said.
“That’s the only way I know how to defeat evil.”
Savannah was a cheerleader at Powell Middle School. A motive for the slaying remains unclear.
