Without her knowledge, the 16-year-old had allowed the 17-year-old to listen in on the conversation. The two teens communicated online.
"In their exchange of computer messages, they discussed their plan to lure her to the 16-year-old's house, to seduce her, bind her, sexually assault her, murder her, then burn and dispose of her body. It was a plan they had discussed before," according to the agreed statement of fact.
"Their plan, as detailed in their text messages, included specifically planning when and where to meet, how to get money and buy a specific brand of fuel with which to burn the body, how to get back to the 16-year-old's house, whether to take the bus or walk, what buses to take, and what they would say and do to carry out their attack, including the use of code words to initiate the attack.
"Their text messages included graphic descriptions of how they would bind and sexually assault Proctor over an extended period of time, and a discussion of various possible sites at which to dispose of her body, including making reference to a detailed annotated map they created for this purpose."
On the morning of March 18, they met Proctor at the bus exchange. The 17-year-old went to a store to buy fuel, then the three went back to the 16-year-old's house, arriving just after 11 a.m.
The boys attacked Proctor, grabbing her around the neck, binding her hands and ankles with duct tape. Her mouth was gagged by a sock and secured with duct tape. The teens removed her clothes.
For several hours, both youths repeatedly sexually assaulted Proctor while she was bound and gagged. She was beaten and kicked.
"She was choked and suffocated and eventually died. A knife was used to mutilate her body," said the statement.
When Proctor's body was recovered, investigators found a plastic bag covering her head, and noticed her neck was injured from attempted strangulation.
After the youths killed her, they placed her body in a freezer in the garage of the 16-year-old's house.
The next morning, the boys put Proctor's body and the fuel from the house into a large duffle bag, boarded a bus and went to the bridge beneath the Galloping Goose Trail where her body was doused with fuel and set on fire.
Johnston must impose an adult sentence if he determines a youth sentence would not be long enough to hold the boys accountable for their crimes.
If they are sentenced as adults, they will receive a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for 10 years.
If they are sentenced as youths, they will receive a 10-year sentence, consisting of a maximum of six years in custody and the remaining four years to be served in the community under conditional supervision.
Johnston must also decide where they will serve their sentence.
Youths under 18 at the time of sentencing, usually serve their sentence in a youth facility. A person who is 18 or older at the time of sentencing, usually serves a sentence in an adult facility. This is subject to the best interest of the young person and the safety of others.
Usually, the ban on identification is lifted when youths are sentenced as adults. |
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