A Wyoming teenager who faced a charge of attempted first-degree murder after stabbing his mother in the back while she slept will plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Tharles Smith was 17 years old when he plunged a knife into the shoulder blade of his mother, Karla Smith, 42, in June 2024. According to court documents obtained by the Gillette News Record, the family had been arguing about where the reportedly unruly teen should live if he continued to refuse to abide by household rules. At one point, his parents told police that he told his mother that he “was waiting until I am big enough to kill you.”

According to court documents obtained by the local news outlet Cowboy State Daily, Tharles Smith was going to be tried as an adult for the crime, but his defense team paused the case until t

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