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Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel were residents of Sparta, Tennessee. [1] Bechtel spoke to his father Ronnie Bechtel by telephone on the evening of April 3, 2000. Foster was seen by her brother Will the same evening. [2] Foster and Bechtel attended a party that night but returned to Foster's parents' home before leaving again.
A day later, on March 18, 1986, after police investigations linked both Martin and West to the case, the duo were arrested for the murders, and subsequently charged in court with kidnapping, rape and murder. Under Tennessee state law, for the most serious charge of murder, both men could face the death penalty. [1] [4]
Erin was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, a reason for the homeschooling. They had been re-enrolled at public schools six weeks prior to the murders, with Erin going to Rains High School. [3] Erin met 18-year-old Charlie Wilkinson while working at fast-food chain Sonic in 2007, with the pair quickly forming a romantic relationship.
On April 17, 1991, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a 22-year-old woman was severely burned in her car by a fire set by her ex-boyfriend. [3]Prior to the incident, the victim, Traci Crozier, first met her attacker, Leroy Hall Jr. (alias Lee Hall), in December 1984.
After Erin Belanger was beaten to death, Troy Victorino sexually abused her body. [14] Anthony Vega was bludgeoned and stabbed in the throat by Victorino in the master bedroom near his girlfriend, Michelle Ann Nathan, who hid in a closet until discovered by Hunter who bludgeoned and stabbed her to death.
The case of 15-year-old Amanda McGhee, who was convicted of second-degree murder after helping her boyfriend shoot her parents in Knox County, Tennessee. 120 27
Both were sentenced to 200-300 years for her parents' and brother's murders, 150 years for conspiracy to commit each murder, and fifty years for solicitation for murder. Columbo has been denied parole more than fifteen times, while DeLuca, after many denials of his own, died in prison on January 4, 2023, at the age of eighty-four.
Nicholas Todd Sutton was born on July 15, 1961, in Morristown, Tennessee.His mother abandoned him at birth, while his father, a mentally-ill and verbally abusive alcoholic, was constantly detained in either mental institutions or various jails. [2]