Pennsylvania Teen, Mother Charged in 12-Hour Probe After Fatal Stabbing of 18-Year-Old Girlfriend
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Updated · NBC News · Aug 21
Pennsylvania Teen, Mother Charged in 12-Hour Probe After Fatal Stabbing of 18-Year-Old Girlfriend
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 21
Summary
Royce Moser, 18, was charged with homicide and related counts after police said he stabbed girlfriend Karoline Heintz in the chest outside his father’s home, then drove her body away in her Jeep.
Police said Moser told his mother Rachel that “demons” told him to hurt Heintz after he became angry during a conversation, went inside, grabbed a kitchen knife and returned to attack her.
Rachel Moser, 56, was charged with hindering apprehension, tampering and abuse-of-corpse offenses after investigators said she helped wipe down the Jeep, gave her son latex gloves and directed him to dump the vehicle near California Public Library.
Heintz, a PennWest California freshman soccer player, was found dead around 12:24 a.m. Thursday after relatives requested a welfare check when she never reached campus; police said surveillance footage helped solve the case within 12 hours.
PennWest and the women’s soccer team said they were grieving Heintz’s death, describing the defender—who was due to make her collegiate debut next week—as a “beautiful soul” and a “happy, bubbly teammate.”