Cruel, Unusual & Pointless

Newville is a tiny borough of 1,228 people in Cumberland County, south-central Pennsylvania, about two hours and twenty minutes from Philadelphia and three hours from Pittsburgh, with a single red light on the mile-long road through town. It was laid out in 1790 on land belonging to Big Spring Presbyterian Church, which sold the lots, and it grew slowly around a public fountain erected in 1896. In the summer of 2000 Leslie Ray White was eighteen, a recent high school graduate who had just started at Harrisburg Area Community College and hoped to become a photojournalist. Her parents had bought her a black Jeep Cherokee and an expensive camera, and she took a summer job in the photo lab of the Walmart near Mechanicsville, in Silver Spring Township.

this part of the story is covered for now They became friends and soon began a casual sexual relationship. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

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the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now Leslie had supper at home with her mother, chicken pot pie, picked up a college report due the next day and told her mother she was going out. She left a message on her boyfriend's phone explaining where she was going. details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They tied her hands and feet with speaker wire, stuffed a large red cloth into her mouth and tied another cloth tightly around it as a gag. They went outside to smoke and decide what to do next. Then they went back in. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed She died of asphyxiation, both from the strangulation and from the cloth blocking her airway.

After more cigarettes they wrapped the body in a canvas tent, carried it out and put it in the back of Leslie's Jeep. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They threw away her belongings but kept her camera. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed She asked Stultz for cleaning supplies because the Jeep smelled bad, and she showed off scratches on her neck, saying that a dog had done it. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

Meanwhile Leslie's mother had reported her missing. Lewiston police told her that an eighteen-year-old was free to go where she wanted and would not investigate. She called four more agencies before Deputy Brian Vaughn of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Virginia agreed to help. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now She told him that she was the violent one in the relationship and that he was afraid of her. The deputy had no evidence to hold them. After he left, they drove the Jeep back to the property and abandoned it near the body.

A couple of days later police found the body and the Jeep. A tenant farmer had reported the suspicious abandoned car in the first place. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now They waived their Miranda rights and gave tape-recorded statements. Each admitted taking part and blamed the other. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

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