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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong>After the state re-presented her charges before a fresh grand jury Maleigha Loale Allen, is charged with firstâdegree murder of her father</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Michael Steven Allen, 44, was found inside his home in Lexington, North Carolina, on April 17, dead from multiple stab wounds</strong> </p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Cops found Allen&#8217;s body after his daughter turned up at a friend&#8217;s home nearby with bruises, cuts and knife stab wounds</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong> Davidson County authorities said Allen apparently had been killed by his 20-year-old daughter, the only other resident of the home </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Maleigha Loale Allen, was arrested April 21, and charged with firstâdegree murder in the death of her father </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong>In May those charges were dropped after a grand jury found &#8216;no probable cause&#8217; to indict </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1b0303;font-size:14px"><strong>Following the rotation of a new grand jury, the state represented the case early July leading to the reinstatement of the charges</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Maleigha Loale Allen, 20, is charged with firstâdegree murder of her dad Michael Allen which happened at their home in Lexington, North Carolina, on April 17</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A North Carolina woman has been indicted on a count of first-degree murder in the death of her father.<br>In May a Davidson County grand jury did not find sufficient evidence to indict the 20-year-old Maleigha Loale Allen.<br>Three months later, after the bi-annual rotation of the grand jury, the charges against Maleigha Allen was represented to the incoming grand jury, leading to the reinstatement of the murder charge.<br>The case begins on April 17. Michael Steven Allen, 44, was found dead in his home in Lexington, North Carolina from multiple <br>The events unfolded after Maleigha Allen was found with stab wounds about 7:20 a.m. April 17, in the area of Whispering Oak Drive south of Thomasville, a short distance from the home she shared with her father.<br>“We knew her address. … She said this happened there,” Sheriff Simmons said.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cops were alerted after Maleigha Allen, [left], showed up seriously injured with stab wounds outside the nearby home of a family friend who called 911 on April 17. Investigators went to the Allen residence house and found her father Michael Allen, [right], dead of multiple stab wounds </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She was taken to a local hospital for treatment, while investigators who went to the house and found Michael Allen dead of multiple stab wounds. <br>An autopsy later established cause of death was multiple stabs with a knife.<br>The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office at the time announced that Allen apparently had been killed by his own daughter. <br>On April 21, Maleigha Allen was arrested after she was released from the hospital, booked into the Davidson County Detention Center without bond.<br>However, within five days came the announcement that Maleigha Allen, was no longer facing first-degree murder charges in the death of her father, Michael Steven Allen.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Maleigha Allen turned up at a friend&#8217;s home on April 17, with bruises, cuts and stab wounds. While she received treatment, cops performing a welfare check at the home she shared with her father, discovered Michael Allen dead from multiple stab wounds</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Davidson County grand jury returned a “no true bill,” finding no probable cause to indict her. Court records confirmed the murder charge had been dropped.<br>Separate misdemeanor charges of breaking or entering and resisting a public officer were also dismissed, with court records indicating those charges were unrelated to the homicide investigation. <br>Her attorney, Karen Gerber, confirmed that charges were no longer pending against Allen. <br>Amid the controversy of case against Maleigha Allen being dropped after a grand jury refused to indict, news emerged that appears there is more to the story.<br>Notably, when Maleigha<strong> </strong>was 13, a slew of charges were brought against Michael Allen, including incest, child sex abuse, physical abuse. Those charges were later dropped after the alleged victim recanted. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Investigators found this writing in Maleigha&#8217;s room. Investigators alleged that Maleigha killed her father and that the act was premeditated</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>In 2022, Maleigha Allen then aged 16, was reported missing</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maleigha&#8217;s attorney, Karen Gerber expressed disappointment that the state chose to re-present its case for indictment against Allen this week during the first Superior Court session of July, with six new grand jurors.<br>“While we are disappointed the State chose to seek another indictment, an indictment is not evidence,” Gerber said. <br>“It is the procedure by which a felony gets to Superior Court to be litigated. <br>“The issuance of an indictment by a new Grand Jury does not alter our position regarding Ms. Allen’s innocence.”</p>

North Carolina woman, 20, indicted on first-degree murder of her father, three months after grand jury found ‘no probable cause’ to indict on the same charge
