Missouri woman stabbed, killed by 8th graders

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Court documents reveal Tanya Chamberlain's last moments and the evidence that police have against a 14-year-old and 13-year-old boy accused of killing her.

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Two boys allegedly blame each other for fatally stabbing woman with pocket knife

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Officials said Friday that two Lee's Summit boys blame each other for fatally stabbing a woman with a pocket knife.

A hearing was held Friday afternoon in juvenile court. A 13-year-old and 14-year-old are accused of killing 43-year-old Tanya Chamberlain early Sunday.

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The two eighth graders attended class at Bernard C. Campbell Middle School the day after they allegedly brutally stabbed Tanya Chamberlain to death as she undertook a seemingly routine task.

Court documents reviewed exclusively by KCTV5 on Tuesday show that police obtained search warrants for the Lee's Summit homes of both boys and their school lockers.

The 43-year-old woman had gone to the car wash early Nov. 1. Surveillance video shows her vacuuming her vehicle at 1:14 a.m. At 1:51 a.m., the two suspects are seen in the area.

At 1:57 a.m., the two boys allegedly got into Chamberlain's vehicle as she was in the front seat.

At 1:59 a.m., the surveillance video went down to reboot because of Daylight Savings Time. When the video resumed, the car was gone.

Less than 20 minutes later, police attempted to pull over the driver of Chamberlain's vehicle because the officer believed the driver was intoxicated.

The driver of the vehicle pulled into a parking lot of an apartment complex in the 500 block of Southeast Second Street.

The boys allegedly then fled on foot from the vehicle. The officer engaged in a short foot pursuit before losing sight of both suspects.

As the officer returned to Chamberlain's vehicle, he discovered Chamberlain's body in the passenger seat. Court documents say Chamberlain was stabbed in the face, neck, chest, arms and hands.

A blood-covered pocket knife was found in the vehicle. Authorities believe Chamberlain's hair also covered the knife.

Police would later released surveillance video of the teens. A mother of a Campbell middle schooler contacted police to say her son recognized the two teens who had played on the football team with him. The woman said her son indicated that the boys every day wore the hoodies that they were seen wearing in the surveillance video.

A neighbor of one of the boys told police that she recognized them. She said one of the boys had been inside her home on the afternoon of Nov. 1 and was wearing the exact sweatshirt and shoes seen in the video. She said the boy took off his sweatshirt and she thought she saw blood on his undershirt.

Clothing was taken from the boys' homes that matches that seen in the surveillance video. One of those was a distinctive Northeast Vikings sweatshirt that one of the boys was known to wear along with distinctive checkered shoes.

Authorities say both teens made recorded statements implicating each other and they knew details that only someone involved in the crime would know.

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