Identical Twins Stab Mother to Death in Georgia

Tasmiyah and Jasmiyah Whitehead, 16, dragged their mother’s body into the bathtub after stabbing her multiple times.

Jules
5 min readSep 7, 2021
Left: Nikki Whitehead. Right: The twins, Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead. | Photo Credits: True case files

On the afternoon of January 13th, 2010, in Conyers, Georgia, 16-year-old Tasmiyah Whitehead ran up to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s office in a troubled state, claiming that something had happened to her mother.
Soon the police arrived at the address and were met with a strong, undeniable smell of blood. In the bathtub, the bloodied body of 34-year-old Jarmecca “Nikki” Whitehead was discovered, stabbed to death.

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The twins at the time of police interrogation. | Photo Credits: NBC News

Tasmiyah and her identical twin sister Jasmiyah were taken to the police station for questioning as they were the only two people at the crime scene. The house belonged to Nikki’s boyfriend, Robert Head.

The twins looked distressed and in a state of shock. One of them, Jasmiyah, kept calling for her mother:

“I want my mommy.”

Tasmiyah tried to comfort her sister by saying:

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Jules

Psychology Expert | MSc Social and Cultural Psychology