A judge has denied Sarah Grace Patrick’s request to postpone her double-murder trial, despite her lawyers saying newly disclosed information required further investigation. The decision means jury selection is still expected to begin on 3 August, keeping the case on schedule as Patrick remains accused of killing her mother and stepfather; she has pleaded not guilty.

Patrick, now 18, is charged as an adult over the February 2025 shooting deaths of Kristin and James Brock in Carroll County, Georgia, when she was 16. Her defence cited recently obtained child-services records and a late police report concerning a gun retrieved from a pawn shop, while prosecutors said the weapon had been tested and excluded as the murder weapon.