An 18-year-old who was convicted of repeatedly stabbing her 16-year-old cousin and then stealing her sneakers and other belongings was sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison yesterday. Tiana Browne was 15 when she stabbed Shannon Braithwaite 49 times with a kitchen knife. Browne's aunt, Marva Braithwaite, had taken Browne in and said in court, "She rewarded me by leaving me childless, reaping out my very being. When you sit behind bars, you can never say you weren't loved. Shannon loved you. I loved you." more ›

Over two years ago, Marva Braithwaite returned to her Crown Heights home to discover her 16-year-old daughter stabbed to death. Police arrested Braithwaite's 15-year-old niece Tiana Browne for the murder after she was found in possession of the victim's clothing, sneakers, MP3 player, cellphone and camera. But at the trial yesterday, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Albert Tomei called a mistrial after it was discovered that Braithwaite, who testified against Brown, had been convicted of felonious assault in a 1995 stabbing. more ›

The police arrested Tiana Browne, 15, in connection with the murder of her 16-year-old cousin. On Tuesday afternoon, Browne's aunt Marva Braithwaite returned to her home in Crown Heights to find her daughter Shannon stabbed to death. more ›