Overview
- The Harris County Sheriff's Office charged Courtney Smith with murder and booked her into the county jail as detectives continue the case.
- Deputies were called to a home on the 17800 block of Adlong Johnson after a request for a deputy, where a woman told them she had killed her granddaughter and her boyfriend.
- Inside the house, investigators found 21-year-old Maysie Murphy dead with apparent gunshot wounds, and they did not locate the reported boyfriend.
- The sheriff said both Smith and Murphy lived at the residence, which is owned by a couple who were out of town.
- Officials said the suspect had earlier called to report she was seeing demons, and deputies said they lacked enough information then to pursue an emergency detention.