A 17-year-old girl charged with murdering her mother and stepfather looked as though she didn't have a care in the world, smiled broadly when she arrived at court for her bond hearing, Daily Mail's exclusive photos show.
But Sarah Grace Patrick collapsed into uncontrollable sobs the moment the judge announced she would be held without bail, as gasps and quiet exclamations of 'thank God' echoed from the victims' loved ones.
Her arrival at court was the first time the angel-faced teen was seen since her arrest on July 9. She was snapped arriving at the Carroll County Superior Court after getting out of a police cruiser at 8am, wearing a neon green prison-issued jumpsuit with her wrists in chains.
The teenager, her hair pulled back in a tidy braid, smiled and laughed with another young inmate in an orange jumpsuit, clutching a yellow folder as they waited to be called into the courtroom.
But as the teen sat beside her public defender, Latoya Williams, her facial expression crumpled several times as she anxiously waited to learn if supportive witness testimonies from her family and friends would convince Judge Dustin Hightower to release her on bond to the care of her loved ones sat just feet behind her.
