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15-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Grisly Murders

December 29. 2008

Sharell Butler

A few weeks ago I wrote about teens and crime and how vicious the patterns have become. Yesterday, it was reported a 15-year-old girl, Sharell Butler, was charged with the murder of two men. She is believed to be in a street gang.

John Hopkins Drago, 22

The first victim, John Hopkins Drago, was allegedly stabbed in the head 40-50 times then stuffed in a plastic bag, with the assistance of her boyfriend, Robert Pastore, 19, who is also charged in the crime. The second victim, Christopher Umpierrie, was shot in a separate incident and died. Butler is being charged as an adult.

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15-Year-Old Arrested in Bronx Man's Death

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old man, whose body was found in a plastic bag, behind a Bronx building, last week. The Daily News reports, "Baby-faced Sharell Butler, known by pals as "Lady Red," was charged with murder, manslaughter and assault in the death of John Hopkins Drago, the adopted Russian son of a Bronx family."...

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