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“Are you disgusted by corpses?”

Carly Gregg, 15, is accused by prosecutors of fatally shooting her mother before attempting to kill her stepfather in March.

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When a 14-year-old Mississippi girl frantically texted her friend asking for help with an “emergency” one afternoon last March, the friend had no idea what she was about to face next, prosecutors say.

“Are you disgusted by dead bodies?” Carly Gregg, 14, allegedly asked her friend when she opened the front door, according to video released by Mississippi State Attorney Kathryn White Newman, who spoke at the 15-year-old’s murder trial. Local stations WAPT and WJTV also reported Newman’s opening statements at the trial, which began Monday.

According to Newman, moments later, Gregg led her friend into her bedroom, where her mother lay dead on the floor from three gunshots, CourtTV and WAPT reported. Newman told the court that Gregg’s mother was searching her daughter’s room for vape pens, WLBT also reported.

Gregg is charged with murder and attempted murder, according to The great book of Clarion, WLBT and WJTV, as prosecutors allege the girl used her mother's gun to kill her inside the family's Brandon, Mississippi, home before calling her friend home.

The teenager was later accused by prosecutors of setting up an apparent ambush to shoot and kill her stepfather, Heath Smylie, when he returned home, WLBT, WJTV and The Big Book of Clarion reported.

Newman laid out the prosecution’s case to jurors Monday, according to courtroom video shared by Court TV. Newman alleged that the teen arrived home with her mother, a math teacher at Northwest Rankin High School, where Gregg was a student. Gregg went straight to her parents’ bedroom to retrieve a .357 Magnum pistol from under their mattress, Newman alleged. Hiding the gun behind her back, Gregg went to her own bedroom and confronted her mother, shooting her three times, Newman said, according to The great book of Clarion, WLBT and WJTV.

Related: 'Have you ever seen a dead body?' 14-year-old boy allegedly invited friend to see his mother's body after killing her, police say

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In a preliminary hearing in April, recorded and published by the Jackson Jambalaya blog, Rankin County Investigator Zachary Cotton said there was home security footage showing Gregg's allegedly nonchalant behavior before and after the shooting.

Cotton said a video shows the teen returning to the kitchen after allegedly killing her mother, and the suspect is seen texting on a phone. The investigation reportedly revealed the teen was texting her stepfather asking when he would be home, according to Cotton.

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Cotton claimed in court that between killing her mother and attempting to shoot her stepfather, Gregg was seen in another video “singing to her dog” before texting her friend asking her to come home.

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When his stepfather arrived home, prosecutors say Gregg tried to shoot him, then fled into the family's backyard after struggling over the gun, WJTV, WLBT and CourtTV reported.

She was arrested near the home a short time later, WAPT, WLBT and WJTV reported.

Gregg faces two life sentences if convicted of murder and attempted murder, according to The great book of Clarion, WAPT and CourtTV. Media reports that the teenager rejected the state's 40-year plea deal and her defense team argued insanity.

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