Two East Tennessee Juveniles Charged With Attacking 10 Year Old

Two juveniles in Carter County have been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault after allegedly beating a 10-year-old girl then posting videos of the attack to social media. Elizabethton police say that the victim was visiting the home where the attack occurred on July 19th. The girl’s mother stated she dropped her daughter off and when she picked her up 5 hours later, the girl was covered in blood. The girl stated that the attacks happened as soon as she entered the home…saying that the juvenile attackers took her through several rooms, locked her in a pantry and used a phone cord on her as a whip. That left welts on the girls’ body as well as bruises on her face. The attackers also posted videos of the assault online and the police confirmed that photos and videos are being used as evidence in that case…the 10 year old girl stated that a parent was at home during the attack….which happened at a home the girl had been to numerous times before.