High school girl beaten to death by group of bullies
Bullies attacked the girl in a school bathroom, two suspects are in custody
WILMINGTON, Del. – A 17-year-old Delaware girl has been sentenced to 6 months in a juvenile facility for a school bathroom attack that left a 16-year-old classmate dead.
The girl was convicted of criminally negligent homicide by a Family Court judge in April in the death of Amy Joyner-Francis. On Monday, the judge sent her to a secure residential treatment program.
A 17-year-old co-defendant who was convicted of conspiracy for helping plan the attack was sentenced to 18 months of probation. A third girl was acquitted.
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An autopsy found that Joyner-Francis died of sudden cardiac death, aggravated by physical and emotional stress from the April 2016 fight at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington. She had a rare heart condition undetected by her doctors.
Defense attorneys contended her death was unforeseeable.
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