John Jefferson
Inset top: Alyssa Jarrells (GoFundMe). Inset bottom: Brianna Kathleen Jarrells (WBAL/YouTube). Background: The Maryland driveway where Alyssa Jarrells was fatally stabbed (WBAL/YouTube).
A Maryland woman allegedly admitted to fatally cutting her sister with a utility knife in a driveway argument after a wedding — and cried when police told her she died.
Brianna Kathleen Jarrells, 29, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of her sister, Alyssa Jarrells, 31, police said in a news release.
The fatal encounter happened at 1:35 a.m. on Sunday in the 5600 block of Wilkens Avenue in Catonsville, outside Baltimore.
The fight happened at Alyssa Jarrells’ boyfriend’s home, where the sisters had gone after the wedding, according to what the boyfriend told police in court documents, local affiliate WBAL reported.
They “got into a minor argument, which continued to escalate as the evening continued,” the witness told police local Fox and MyNetworkTV affiliate WBFF reported. What the argument was over was unclear.
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Citing court documents, local ABC affiliate WMAR reported that when an officer asked the victim as she lay bleeding in the driveway, where the suspect was, she told the officer, “Right there,” pointing to her sister.
Brianna Jarrells later allegedly told police, “I actually used a utility knife. I never actually tried, I pinned it up to her as a warning,” before also allegedly saying, at one point, “I need to shut the f— up.”
When an officer told her that her sister had died at a hospital, Brianna Jarrells allegedly said, “Oh f—, I thought I just nipped her,” in tears.
A GoFundMe was set up for the victim’s funeral costs.
“After receiving the devastating news of Alyssa Jarrell’s passing, we started this go fund me to assist the family with funeral costs and navigating many life changes and support for her three young beautiful children while grieving their mother’s death. The family greatly appreciates any assistance you can provide. Go fund me does receive a transaction fee, so donations and giftcards can also be given to the family directly.”
Brianna is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center, online court records show. She’s set to appear in court on Sept. 20. Her public defender declined to comment, The Baltimore Banner reported.
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