Consandra Nicole Tyree and Emily Katherine Starnes face murder charges after 'stabbing taxi driver to death over $39' and they both just 16

Two 16-year-old girls have been charged with murder for their roles in a North Carolina taxi driver's slaying.

Consandra Nicole Tyree and Emily Katherine Starnes are accused of being involved in the brutal stabbing death of Yellow Cab Company driver Adam Williams in a Hickory parking lot in August.

The girls join three men between 18- and 22 years old charged in the death of the 32-year-old.

The Hickory Daily Record reports Emily Starnes of Hickory and Consandra Tyree of Newton were arrested on Saturday and charged with murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon five months after an initial arrest in relation with the case. They are being held in the Catawba County jail. Read More