Savannah Napier was charged with one count of first-degree murder for her alleged role in the March 2012 shooting of her father, Billy Ray Napier, 74.
Napier has been in detention since September 2012. She is currently being held at the Highlands Juvenile Detention Facility in Bristol, Va.
When she was extradited from North Carolina. During an April 2013 court appearance, she was found competent to stand trial.
Savannah Ellen Napier, then 14, was indicted for her suspected role in the shooting death of her 74-year-old father, Billy Ray Napier, in March 2012.
Where Is Savannah Napier Today?
Savannah Napier, a teenage girl who allegedly helped her mother murder her father at their Scott County home was ruled competent to stand trial during her appearance in court.
Melissa Napier, Savannah’s mother has been detained since April 13, when she surrendered to authorities. Her husband’s body was discovered the day before after his son filed a missing person’s report.
The girl’s preliminary hearing was scheduled for November 2012, but it was postponed so that she may have her competency to stand trial restored and undergo psychological evaluations.
Who Is Savannah Napier Mother Melissa Napier?
According to court documents from Melissa Napier’s case, authorities allege the mother told her daughter on the day of the murder to enter the couple’s bedroom and give her father a hug.
While the girl was hugging her father, Melissa Napier allegedly came up behind him with a .22-caliber rifle and shot him in the back of the head, VSP agents testified.
Prosecutor also alleged that Melissa Napier told family members concerned about her husband’s welfare that he had gone to Kentucky to visit a friend, and later that he had died in an automobile accident in Michigan.
She also reportedly told a neighbor that Billy Ray Napier had died at a hospital in Avery County, N.C., court transcripts showed.
Is Savannah Napier Arrested for the Murder Of Bill Napier?
Savannah Napier was indicted in August 2012. She was arraigned in juvenile court in Sept. 2012 following her extradition from North Carolina.
The girl’s preliminary hearing had originally been scheduled for November 2012, but it was delayed so she could have her competency to stand trial restored and undergo psychological evaluations.
Investigators allegedly discovered a rented backhoe and multiple holes dug behind the house where the body was discovered during a search of the couple’s Upper Possum Creek property. Gasoline and hay bundles were also allegedly discovered in the residence’s kitchen.
Billy Ray Napier’s half-decomposed body had been in the residence for nearly three weeks before it was discovered, according to authorities.
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