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Kayla Hensley

Photo of Kayla Hensley, a teen girl with long, straight blond hair, fair skin, and braces on her teeth. Behind her is a green lawn and a fence. She is wearing a dark blue top and smiling.Name: Kayla Dezaray Hensley.
Died: November 11, 2017.
Age at death: 18.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Weaverville, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, deaf.

Details:
Kayla was stabbed to death by her brother.

Staff at American Eagle Outfitters, where she worked, remember her as “a ray of sunshine”.

Case status:
Claude Henderson II (Brother), charged with first-degree murder; pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sentenced to 16 to 25 years.

Source:
Kayla Dezaray Hensley: Disabled teen’s brother who slit her throat and left body by dumpster gets 16 years
Teenager, 17, sentenced to at least 16 years in jail for killing disabled sister three years ago
Teen, 17, sentenced to at least 16 years in jail for killing sister
Kayla Dezaray Hensley: Disabled teen’s brother who slit her throat and left body by dumpster gets 16 years
Boy, 14, admits slitting throat of sister, 18, & throwing body in dumpster
Kid slashes his disabled 18-year-old sister to death: Investigators
Boy arrested for ‘stabbing girl to death before dumping body near skip’
Kayla Hensley Weaverville brother murders hearing impaired sister

Author Mx. DaxerPosted on November 11, 2017October 1, 2021Categories Age: Teen, Location: USA, Relationship: Sibling, Status: Sentenced, Type: Homicide

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