Update: A memorial Facebook page has been set-up for Jennifer Daugherty.
Update: Latest via the AP. Time to get back to politics. But it always amazed me how much you could often discover via the Internet when I was doing some crime blogging. Sad that so many lives play out out here everyday, mostly ignored, until a tragedy occurs.
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The stepfather of a Pennsylvania woman who police say was tortured, beaten and fatally stabbed tells The Associated Press that the victim was "mentally challenged."
Robert "Bobby" Murphy said Friday that 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty had mentioned the names of some of the suspects as her "friends" in recent months.
Murphy says he was the last family member to see Daugherty alive. That was on Monday, when he took her to a bus stop in Mount Pleasant so she could go to Greensburg.
That's where police have charged six people who they say fed the woman vegetable oil, spices, detergent, urine and medications before she was killed.
Damn. Was able to confirm it via the pictures on Jennifer Daugherty's MySpace page. See last image, it's the one the press is using. Via a Twitter account, Twilightgal - it appears she had some recent issues with a male. But may have met someone else. Her last message - which was Tweeted here on the 26th. Based upon the Tweets, she was involved with males named Bobby and Edward at some point. She claimed Bobby was a new boyfriend. One of the suspects is a Robert Loran Masters.
Jenny Daugherty this is my time to make a new start for myself, and making some new friends and not being afraid of anything, so this is going to be a good thing for me..
Not sure if this is the right Marinucci, or not. Manstoy.
This looks like it'sAmber Meidinger on MySpace. Tinkerbell??
Hey my name is Amber Im a layed bak female easygoin, i love to talk nd help ppl dat need to talk to me im 8 weeks pregnant nd i got a fience but people seem to get in the way of the relationship but i aint going to let dat put me down i know im a gud women i just wish people would relieze dat but dats all bout me
More here - a press conference at 1 pm.
Update: A previous court appearance involving Smyrnes here:
Ricky V. Smyrnes, 22, of 13299 Ridge Road, North Huntingdon, pleaded guilty to simple assault and harassment. He was sentenced to two to 23 months in jail and was ordered to complete anger management classes.
This is just so mind-blowingly evil. She's pictured here. Another item has the suspect's images. What could possibly motivate someone, let alone a group of people, to do something like this? It's so incredibly sick. It's just evil.
Police have charged six people in the death of a woman whose tortured body was found in a plastic garbage container in a Greensburg school parking lot.
Jennifer DaughertyPolice say Jennifer Daugherty was stabbed repeatedly in a second-floor Greensburg apartment where some of the suspects live. Ms. Daugherty's age and address weren't available; she'd been missing since Monday.
According to police, Ms. Daugherty's hair was shaved and she was bound with Christmas decorations and clothing. Police say she was beaten, her face painted with nail polish and she was fed vegetable oil, spices, detergent, urine and medications.
They say she was also forced to write a suicide note.
Her body was found Thursday at Greensburg Salem Middle School.
Court records show the five adult suspects are: Robert L. Masters Jr., 36, of Greensburg; Ricky V. Smyrnes, 23, of Greensburg; Melvin Knight, 20, of Greensburg; Amber C. Meidinger, 20, of Greensburg; and Peggy D. Miller, age unknown, of Mount Pleasant.