14-year-old boy accused of hanging his 9-year-old half-sister

A 14-year-old boy in Alabama has been accused of hanging his half-sister to death, according to local police.

Katelynn Arnold, 9, was found dead late Thursday outside her home in the small town of Ragland. The girl was hanging from a tree branch with a rope -- that was once part of a tire swing -- tied around her neck, the Associated Press reported.

Katelynn’s foster mother made the gruesome discovery when the she went looking for the girl after she didn’t come home.

The teen has been arrested and charged with murder in Katelynn’s death, police said. His name has not been released.

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