Inside Track
Gender-confused Teen Kills Mother
On July 7, 16-year-old Julia Egler brutally murdered her mother and her mother’s boyfriend in Palm Bay, Florida. Florida’s NBC affiliate WESH reported on July 11 that, according to the Palm Bay Police Department, Egler confessed to committing the crime after staging a break-in to her home. She had first claimed a male assailant had broken a sliding glass door and shot 38-year-old Kelley McCollom, Egler’s mother, and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Matthew Szejnrok.
According to police reports, Egler eventually admitted to breaking in to her mother’s room and taking a .38 caliber revolver and ammunition. When the mother and her boyfriend returned home, the teen greeted them with a chilling “Welcome home” before unloading the revolver into the couple. She stabbed Szejnrok repeatedly prior to shooting him in the head.
Reportedly, Egler killed McCollom because she was unhappy that her mother was not more supportive of her gender “transition.” She was also upset that her mother was dating a 22-year-old. The teen is being held in a juvenile detention facility, and faces two charges of first-degree premeditated murder.
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