‘TWISTED TWIN’ WHO KILLED HER MUM WITH HER SISTER IS RELEASED AFTER 16 YEARS BEHIND BARS

Tasmiyah Whitehead was 16 when she and her twin sister became involved in the shocking death of their mother. Now, after serving just over half of a 30-year sentence, she is free.

A case that shocked Georgia more than a decade ago has returned to the spotlight after one of the notorious “Twisted Twins” was released from prison.

Tasmiyah Whitehead, now 33, was released from Pulaski State Prison on August 5, 2026, after spending 16 years behind bars for her role in the 2010 death of her mother, Jarmecca “Nikki” Whitehead.

Tasmiyah and her identical twin sister, Jasmiyah, were just 16 when their mother died following a violent confrontation at the family’s home in Conyers, Georgia.

Both sisters ultimately accepted plea deals in 2014.

But while Tasmiyah is now free, her twin remains incarcerated.

THE CASE THAT SHOCKED GEORGIA

The tragedy unfolded after the teenage sisters had returned to live with their mother.

The arrangement lasted only about a week before a confrontation erupted.

According to accounts given to investigators, an argument began after the girls overslept and were late for school.

The twins later told authorities that their mother confronted them with a cooking pot.

During the struggle, Tasmiyah said she struck her mother with the pot before taking a knife.

Jasmiyah told investigators that their mother had bitten her during the confrontation and that Tasmiyah then stabbed her.

The sisters continued fighting with their mother before moving her body into a bathroom.

Police later found Nikki in a bathtub.

Investigators said she was still alive when the twins moved her there.

THEY WENT TO SCHOOL AFTERWARD

Perhaps one of the most disturbing details to emerge from the investigation was what happened immediately afterward.

The twins went to school following the confrontation.

When they returned home, police were called.

Officers initially treated the teenagers as possible victims who had simply come home to a horrific scene.

But investigators soon began noticing inconsistencies.

Police later described the home as one of the bloodiest crime scenes they had encountered.

The sisters initially denied responsibility.

It took months before investigators arrested them.

Authorities eventually used concealed recording equipment in a vehicle, according to reports, and captured conversations that investigators believed revealed the twins’ concerns about the evidence against them.

Their story began to unravel.

A 30-YEAR SENTENCE — THEN AN EARLY RELEASE

The sisters were initially charged with murder and pleaded not guilty.

In 2014, however, both accepted plea agreements that reduced the murder charges to voluntary manslaughter.

Tasmiyah received a sentence totaling 30 years.

Her sentence included 20 years for voluntary manslaughter, five years for possession of a knife during the commission of a crime and another five years for making false statements to the government.

She ultimately spent 16 years in custody, including time served before sentencing.

She became eligible for parole in 2017, but remained imprisoned for several additional years.

On August 5, 2026, she was released.

HER TWIN IS STILL IN PRISON

Jasmiyah, meanwhile, remains behind bars.

Despite the sisters receiving the same plea deal, reports indicate that she is not eligible for parole until May 2028.

The difference in their release timelines has added another striking chapter to a case that began when the twins were teenagers.

Their grandmother had previously criticized the original 30-year sentences as being too short, arguing that the punishment failed to reflect the loss suffered by Nikki’s family.

A FAMILY TRAGEDY THAT NEVER WENT AWAY

More than 16 years after Nikki Whitehead’s death, the case continues to attract attention because of the age of the sisters, the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the confrontation and the fact that the twins’ lives took dramatically different paths after the case.

Tasmiyah is now free.

Jasmiyah remains in prison.

And their mother’s death remains at the center of a family tragedy that began with a confrontation between a mother and her teenage daughters — and ended with two young girls serving years of their lives behind bars.

The case is now entering another chapter.

One twin has walked out of prison.

The other is still waiting for her chance.