Accused teen killer Carly Gregg cut her hair and bangs the week before she allegedly shot and killed her mother inside their home.
The drastic change sparked concern from his mother, Ashley, who asked Gregg, then 14, to “promise he wasn’t trying to be a boy.”
The photos show Gregg with long, blonde hair before her decision to cut it all off on March 13, seven days before she was charged with killing her mother and attempting to kill her stepfather inside the family home in Mississippi.
On the fourth day of the murder trial, the court heard from Rebecca Kirk, the counselor Gregg had been working with in the weeks leading up to the alleged crime.
Kirk met with Gregg on the day of the makeover. She told the court that Gregg had “literally just gotten a haircut before the shoot.”
The photos show Gregg with long, blonde hair before his decision to cut it all off on March 13.
Gregg reportedly insisted that he had no intentions of becoming a boy.
Kirk made it very clear that he believed his client, Gregg, loved his mother (pictured together).
“His mother told him, ‘Promise me you’re not trying to be a boy’ when she cut his hair,” Kirk told the court.
Gregg reportedly laughed off the suggestion and insisted she had no intentions of becoming a boy.
Kirk agreed that he “never thought (Gregg) was having an identity crisis.”
Kirk explored this line of questioning several times during the nine sessions they had over nine weeks. Gregg never expressed any concerns about his gender identity or sexuality, Kirk said.
At one point, she revealed that her friends said the new haircut “made her look even gayer.”
When Kirk attempted to determine if this bothered Gregg, he said that Gregg “laughed it off” and never seemed bothered by his friends’ teasing.
Harrowing footage of Carly Gregg calmly wandering around her kitchen was played in court during her murder trial in Mississippi this week.
Gregg’s mother, math teacher Ashley Smylie, 40, was fatally shot in the face.
Carly Gregg was a bright and talented student who “loved to learn,” the court heard.
Over the course of the nine-week sessions, Gregg’s appearance changed. Kirk noticed that she began wearing exclusively black clothing.
But she did not notice any alarming behavior or feelings that could have predicted what prosecutors allege happened on March 19.
Kirk had no doubts during his sessions with Gregg about how much he loved his mother.
Police allege Gregg shot his mother three times and then texted his stepfather from his mother’s phone in an attempt to lure him home.
“I got the impression that he had complex feelings about his mother, but I think he loved her,” she said.
Police allege Gregg shot his mother three times and then texted his stepfather from his mother’s phone in an attempt to lure him home.
She allegedly shot her stepfather in the shoulder before he could wrestle the gun out of her hands, forcing her to flee.
The court also saw body camera footage from the arresting officers, who handcuffed the shaking teen while wiping his hands for gunshot residue.
He was asked which hand he fired with and the officer replied, “I don’t remember.”
She asked the officers, “Is my stepfather okay?” to which they replied, “You can’t talk about that.”