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A mother and her boyfriend allegedly planned the rape and murder of her 14-year-old adopted daughter for over a year, Dailymail reports.
The man identified as Jacob Sullivan was on Sunday morning charged with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Grace Packer. A few hours later, Sara Packer was charged with homicide and 'related offenses.'
During the investigation, Sullivan admitted both were responsible for her murder while in hospital last week after a failed suicide attempt. Grace was reportedly raped by Sullivan while her mother looked on for sexual enjoyment, according to Philly.com.
After the shocking incident, the teenager was killed and four months later, her corpse was taken from an attic and dismembered.
Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub said: 'This was a sexual fantasy that was shared between Jacob Sullivan and Sara Packer, and Grace Packer was the object of that rape-murder fantasy.'
Dailymail reported all the details how police officers cracked the case. According to the police, Grace was driven from her home in Abington, Pennsylvania the morning of July 8 by the couple to their rented property in Quakertown where she was raped as her mother watched.
She was also pumped with pills and left to suffocate in an attic on a sweltering day. Sullivan returned to the attic the next morning and found Grace still breathing. He allegedly strangled her and left her body buried in cat food.
Later when the couple returned to the attic in mid-October, they are believed to have cut up Grace's corpse with a bow saw. Detectives would later find the receipts for the saw and spare blades in Packer's possession.
The couple allegedly scattered Grace's remains on a road in Luzerne County, two hours north of Philadelphia to make it difficult for the police to find. The body would be discovered by two hunters on Halloween.
Grace's body was able to be identified through dental records. Packer reportedly profited off her daughter's murder. She lied that Grace was still alive so she could collect her social security checks.
Packer cashed in $712 monthly for her care in custody, never disclosing that Grace was not at the home. Packer told police Grace ran away from home after an argument about visiting a friend and stole $300 from her.
When police asked for a photo of Grace to help locate her, Packer said she would send one to the station but never followed through. Packer reported Grace missing three days after the murder and continued collecting Grace's money.
Records obtained by WPVI-TV show Packer took $3,600 of Grace's disability funding starting when she was killed.
Weintraub said: 'After they murdered her, they maintained the pretense of Grace being alive so that they could continue to profit off of her existence.'
Packer was charged with obstruction of justice and was named a person of interest in Grace's murder in December. The police are still handling the case.
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