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Tifton teen charged with killing her brother

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By Delivrine Registre - bio | email

TIFTON, GA (WALB) - A Tifton woman is now charged with stabbing her brother to death. Officers were called to 1323 South Park Avenue Thursday afternoon.

That's where 19-year-old Adrianna Pierce stabbed her 17-year-old brother Joel Henley twice with a kitchen knife after an argument.

Henley was transported to Tift Regional Medical Center where he later died.

Pierce remains in the Tift County Jail.

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