BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania -- A 14-year-old girl was beaten, raped, killed and dismembered by her adoptive mother’s boyfriend, while the mother watched, according to prosecutors in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Grace Packer was reported missing in July 2016 in Montgomery County. Her adoptive mother said the girl had disappeared and had likely run away.
Two hunters found her remains in a wooded area in Luzerne County on October 31st.
Prosecutors say 41-year-old Sara Packer and 44-year-old Jacob Sullivan acted out a “rape-murder fantasy” they had been plotting since late 2015. Grace Packer was taken in as a foster child at age three, and later adopted by Sara Packer.
Sullivan was arrested Saturday, January 7th after stating to several workers at a hospital that he was responsible for killing Grace, the district attorney’s office stated.
“Under subsequent questioning by Bucks County detectives, he revealed in detail how the girl was assaulted and killed over the course of about 18 hours,” prosecutors stated.
The district attorney’s office stated, in part:
Prosecutors said Sullivan then returned, dismembered the body and dumped it in a remote area of north central Pennsylvania.
Sullivan was arraigned on charges of homicide, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful restraint, kidnapping, possessing instruments of crime, endangering the welfare of a child, abuse of corpse, simple assault, tampering with physical evidence, and corresponding conspiracy charges, according to the DA.
He is being held without bond and has a preliminary hearing on January 20th.
Sara Packer was arrested on charges of homicide, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, possessing instruments of crime, endangering the welfare of a child, abuse of corpse, simple assault, tampering with physical evidence, and conspiracy to commit rape and each of the other crimes, according to the district attorney’s office.