The details of this story are extremely graphic and could be disturbing to some readers.
Jacob Sullivan is accused of raping, murdering and dismembering the body of 14-year-old Grace Packer.
Photo credit: Bucks County District Attorney's Office Jacob Sullivan, 44, was arrested Saturday and charged in the rape,
murder and dismemberment of Grace Packer, 14, of Abington Township.
Police also said Grace’s adoptive mother, Sara Packer, 41, aided
Sullivan in the crime; helped him dispose of the teen’s body; and then
formed a suicide pact with him.
On Saturday staff members at
Abington Memorial Hospital contacted investigators and told them that
during the overnight hours, Sullivan admitted he was responsible for the
murder of Sara Packer’s 14-year-old adopted daughter, Grace Packer. He
also claimed that Sara Packer was his accomplice, according to the
affidavit. The hospital staff also told investigators they believed
Sullivan admitted he had killed Grace to his family members when they
visited him in the hospital.
During
an interview with investigators, Sullivan then admitted he and Packer
had plotted Grace’s murder, according to officials. Sullivan allegedly
claimed they began planning the murder in the fall of 2015 after Grace
returned from living with a family member in North Carolina.
(L to R), Grace Packer, Sara Packer
Photo credit: Bucks County District Attorney's Office
When they arrived, Sullivan
and Packer walked Grace into the house, according to the affidavit.
Sullivan then allegedly struck Grace in the face several times. The duo
then took Grace into the attic of the home where Sullivan raped the teen
girl while Packer watched, investigators said. During his interview
with officials, Sullivan also allegedly admitted to sexually assaulting
Grace on two occasions prior to that incident.
Packer
then left and obtained several pills, according to the affidavit. The
duo then gave Grace the pills, telling her it would help her deal with
the pain, tied her up, gagged her and then left her to die in the
extremely hot attic, investigators said. Sullivan and Packer then went
back to their Abington home and later returned to the Quakertown home
around 3 a.m. the next day, expecting to find Grace dead, officials
said. The teen was still conscious and alive however, according to the
affidavit.
Sullivan then allegedly wrapped his
arm around Grace’s neck and face and strangled her to death. Sullivan
and Sara Packer then packed her body in kitty litter, investigators
said. The duo allegedly left the girl’s body concealed in the attic
where she would remain for more than three months.
Police then investigated the Quakertown home where Grace's body was
being concealed in mid-October, according to the affidavit. Sullivan
then allegedly became concerned investigators would find the girl’s
remains. Sullivan and Packer then moved Grace’s body from the attic to
the second floor bathroom of the house and used a saw to dismember her
limbs, according to the affidavit.
The duo then allegedly stored her
remains in plastic totes and put them inside the trunk of Sullivan’s
vehicle. They then drove to a wooded area near SR 2041, White Haven Road
in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania where they left
Grace's remains. On October 31, around 5:30 p.m., hunters in the woods
found the remains and called police.
During
their investigation of Grace’s murder, officials found the receipt of
the Bucks County tractor supply store where Packer had bought the saw
used to dismember her daughter’s body, according to the affidavit.
Investigators say they obtained surveillance video from the store of
Packer buying the saw. Investigators also say they obtained a copy of
Packer’s debit card purchases which revealed she had bought the pills
she used to drug Grace from a Target store in Bucks County.
They were both apprehended and charged to court.
This is very sad indeed.
Source: NBCphila
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