Teen faces murder, kidnapping charges after fatally shooting her mother and taking her 2-year-old sibling: Police

Jaydah Westmoreland was charged with first-degree murder of her mother, Delila Nicole Westmoreland, 41, and the kidnapping of her 2-year-old sibling. (Screenshot from Central North Carlina

Jaydah Westmoreland was charged with first-degree murder of her mother, Delila Nicole Westmoreland, 41, and the kidnapping of her 2-year-old sibling. (Screenshot from Central North Carlina’s ABC affiliate WTVD-TV)

A 19-year-old woman has been charged with fatally shooting her mother and kidnapping her 2-year-old sibling in North Carolina.

Jaydah Westmoreland was charged with first-degree murder of her mother, Delila Nicole Westmoreland, 41, and kidnapping the toddler in the Monday incident at an apartment in Hillsborough, outside Durham, police said in a news release.

She was held without bond at the Orange County Jail and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 28. If convicted of the murder charge, she could face the death penalty or life in prison.

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