"Delashmutt, now 45, said that once they had smoked marijuana, he and the two other boys attacked Pahler when she was distracted by the sound of a passing car. He wrapped his belt around her neck, strangling her while Fiorella stabbed her and Casey held down her arms. Then they each took turns stabbing her with a 12-inch knife, according to his testimony, first in the neck then in the back and shoulders."
"Casey told state parole officials this year that Pahler begged for her mother and Jesus before he stomped on the back of her neck. They had planned to violate her remains, Delashmutt testified to the parole board, but instead hid her body in the woods and fled the scene. She wasn't found until eight months later, when Casey confessed to his pastor."
A 15-year-old girl, Elyse Pahler, left home to meet three schoolmates in the woods and was murdered after the group smoked marijuana. The three boys—Jacob Delashmutt, Royce Casey, and Joseph Fiorella—were members of a death metal band and attacked her, strangling and repeatedly stabbing her before hiding her body. The body remained undiscovered for eight months until one killer confessed to his pastor. Decades later two of the killers, including the admitted ringleader, received parole and were released. The youngest member remains incarcerated amid claims of intellectual disability and allegations of mishandled procedures.
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