The 15 year old Bresha Meadows, the 15-year-old
accused of killing her father last year to stop his alleged abuse, will
remain in custody until her trial later this month, PEOPLE confirms.
On Friday, a judge in Ohio’s
Trumbull County Family Court denied a request to have Bresha released pending
trial.
Bresha’s attorney, Ian Friedman,
unsuccessfully sought her release into the custody of her aunt, a police
officer, so the teen could receive what he argued was better psychological
care.
Bresha is charged in family court with one
count of murder in connection with the death of her 41-year-old father,
Jonathan Meadows. She is accused of shooting him in the head, with his own gun,
at their home in Trumbull County early on July 28. She was 14 at the time.
She has pleaded “not true,” the
family court equivalent of not guilty, to the charge.
Speaking to local media after Jonathan’s death, Bresha’s mother called her
daughter a “hero” for ending the abuse she suffered.
Jonathan’s brother and sister-in-law denied
those same allegations, telling PEOPLE in August that he was “not the monster
he is being portrayed as.”
Bresha’s attorney said in court that she had
been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression as a
result of her father’s alleged abuse.
She received a mental evaluation
while at a 30-day treatment facility during her detention, Freidman said. Her
family hoped she would be able to receive more help between now and trial.
“She needs
to be getting care - otherwise this current state is merely punitive and it
will be very detrimental to her health long term,” Friedman tells PEOPLE.
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