Sharell Butler, left, is charged with the deaths of John Hopkins Drago (center) and Christopher Umpierrie
15-year-old Sharell Butler, described as a “baby faced” killer by the NY Daily News, is behind bars charged with the murders of two men.
The lanky, slightly built Butler was arrested Saturday and charged with the stabbing death of 22-year-old John Hopkins Drago, whose mutilated body was found stuffed in a garbage bag next to a dumpster in an alley behind a Bronx building on Dec. 21.
He was stabbed 40-50 times in the head, upper torso and arms according to the medical examiner’s office.
The Russian-born Drago had a history of arrests for minor drug offenses and he was estranged from his adopted family which is why he was not reported missing.
An anonymous police source said Drago may have been silenced before he could snitch to police about another murder Butler may have helped carry out.
Police say Butler and Robert Pastore, 19, also in custody, planned a home invasion to rob Christopher Umpierrie, 24, of cash and weed.
But the home invasion went awry and Umpierrie was shot to death. Police say Butler was carrying a loaded handgun on her when she was arrested Saturday.
In addition to a murder charge, Pastore is charged with statutory rape for having sexual relations with Butler who is not old enough to legally consent.
Butler, who is known on the streets as “Lady Red”, was led into a Bronx courtroom Saturday wearing a bandage on her right hand and a blank expression on her face.
Butler pleaded not guilty to all charges. Her family members sat somberly in their seats as the judge ordered Butler held without bail.
Butler’s lawyer said, “She’s just a 15-year-old girl and she’s scared. She just wants to be with her mother right now.”
After the hearing, her mother lashed out at the news media outside the courtroom. Photographers braced themselves against her displaced anger and frustration which was probably all too familiar to her daughter.
Butler is charged with murder, manslaughter and assault in connection with the death of Drago, and second-degree murder in the shooting death of Umpierrie.
“She’s one piece of a work,” said a police source of the troubled teenager.
Criminals always transform back into kids wanting their mommies when caught but this poor child is still a baby..how could her life have gone so wrong so soon? sad.
Damn, now this is something that will keep you awake at night. How does a 15 year old, not to mention a FEMALE, 15 year old, stomach….stabbing someone IN THE HEAD 40-50 times. Freestyle on dat shyt CIARA….write a song about that BEYONCE??!! ITs real shyt happening in this world, ain nobody got time for dat fukking FOOLISHNESS.
well… as messed up as it may sound i think the lil girl needs some damn rehabilitation in jail. its messed up because something in her own home couldn’t have been altogether for her to be all buck wild.. but these kids today are ruthless. that “she wants her mother” shyt don’t phase me at all… she didnt want her mother when she was robbing and killing people, so that can be x’s out. like i said it may seem messed up but she got caught up…
Sound suspect to me. The two of them were partners in crime on everything and the guy definitely helped with the stabbing/ disposal.
How does a 15 year old little girl carry a grown man out the door in a trash bag? She isn’t a big girl.
Dayum!! That’s some crazy shyt!! I could never do anything like that to someone. 40-50 times?? Sounds like a crazy person to me..
WOW she’s BEING referred to as a little girl… a child… a baby… WHY IS THAT ???
WHEN you violently murder someone OR multiple people/individuals YOU LOSE your right to be considered a child or little ANYTHING!!!
IN FACT YOU ARE a MURDERER and a VIOLENT CRIMINAL… PERIOD
Wow, this world is really something else. But her mother should be lashing out at her own self, she’s the one who raised this vagabond.
OMG, her life is RUINED…that’s crazy.
Okay so my first thought while reading the story is how does a 15 year old girl put a man in a trash bag and then drag it outside. I have a 15 year old daughter and she couldn’t do it.
My next thought was how sad this story is. 15…..15. Like I said I have a 15 year old and I couldn’t imagine her life being so messed up so soon. I mean think of how long a person lives on this planet and to ruin the whole thing at 15. Automatically I’d blame her parents. Somebody really dropped the ball on this child forget dropped the ball they took the m f’er and threw it out the damn window.