Girl, 13, 'hired two friends to kill her mother because she was too strict'



A 13-year-old girl and two of her friends were arrested yesterday after they tried to murder the girl's mother, according to police.

Police spokeswoman Susan Rose says police were called by the victim after her daughter and two 14-year-old friends allegedly attacked her in her Hesperia, California, home.

She told police the teen attacked her in her bed and her daughter had gone missing.



Arrested: The three teens are being held at High Desert Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center in San Bernardino

The Victorville Daily Press reports that the three were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and burglary.

Police believe the daughter's motive was simply that she was too strict with curfew and too critical of friends.

All three were students at Ranchero Middle School.

Three attempts were made on the mother's life, but she did not seek medical attention in any of the occasions.

Mr Rose said: 'The daughter and her friends - one male, one female - tried a few methods to try to kill the victim.



The victim initially reported her daughter was kidnapped, but investigators determined it was part of a conspiracy among the teens.



All three children were booked into the High Desert Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center in Apple Valley.









