‘Terribly Violent:’ Teen Faces Court After Fatal Stabbing of 70-Year-Old Grandmother

The elderly victim was shopping with her six-year-old granddaughter when the attack occurred.
‘Terribly Violent:’ Teen Faces Court After Fatal Stabbing of 70-Year-Old Grandmother
A police vehicle and tape in Cairns, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2014. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images
Isabella Rayner
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A 15-year-old boy will face court after a 70-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in front of her granddaughter outside a Queensland shopping centre.

Vyleen White died shortly after she was stabbed in the chest in the centre’s car park at Redbank Plains, west of Brisbane, while shopping with her six-year-old granddaughter on Feb. 3.

Isabella Rayner
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Isabella Rayner is a reporter based in Melbourne, Australia. She is an author and editor for WellBeing, WILD, and EatWell Magazines.
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