The 12-Year-Old Who Stabbed Her Little Brother

On January 5, 2023, the quiet neighbourhood of St. Thomas Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the site of an unthinkable tragedy. Just before midnight, a 12-year-old girl woke her mother, April Lyda, with a chilling confession: she had attacked her 9-year-old brother, Zander Lyda, three times. As officers from the Tulsa Police Riverside Division rushed to the scene, they were met with a haunting and surreal aftermath, which was captured in chilling bodycam footage. What led to such a shocking and heartbreaking act? And how could a family’s world unravel so tragically in a matter of moments?