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Originally Posted by Peanut
It's pretty easy to jump to conclusions, IMO. People don't often just behave like normal, loving stepfathers and then suddenly kill one of their children. It's easy to imagine that there was abuse and other disgusting stuff that might have been happening to this poor girl. Makes me feel sick to my stomach just thinking about it.  |
This is almost certainly the correct answer. He is charged with 1st degree murder, which means it was premediated OR she was killed in the course of commission of another offence. This is not a premediated murder scenario, given the available information, so the question is - what possible offence was being committed when she died. Given that the victim is a 17 year-old girl, the offender is a man, and the crime occured at home, I am afraid the only plausible answer is sexual assault.