A 17-year-old Texas girl stands accused of contributing to the death of her 8-year-old brother by torturing him "over several days," according to authorities.

Kara Walker faces a charge of injury to a child with serious bodily injury, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote on X (formerly Twitter) . She was arrested on Wednesday, more than six months after her younger brother died. Walker's boyfriend, 18-year-old Nolan Stallings, was previously arrested on the same charge.

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"The complainant was abused and tortured over several days," police wrote in a motion for sufficient bail. "The injuries that resulted from the abuse caused the complainant's deat

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