Brewster
2018-04-13 07:31:20 UTC
The bloody handprints of a teen girl allegedly stabbed more than 80
times and shot once by her cousin were discovered on a bathroom window
-- a gruesome testament to her failed bid to escape, court documents
revealed.
Colin Haag III, the 20-year-old cousin of Autumn Bartle, 14, faces
numerous charges from the March 30 incident in Bristol Township,
Penn., including homicide, kidnapping and unlawful restraint.
Court documents say investigators found bloody handprints on the
bathroom window and a copious amount of blood in the bathroom at
Bartles home, where Haag lived in the basement, according to the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The documents allege Bartle was trying to flee from Haag and someone
grabbed the window sash and closed and locked it, the Modesto Bee
reported, citing an affidavit.
The motive for the attack is still unknown.
Well continue to work on getting that answer. But sometimes, as we
stand here in this case, you look into the face of a killer and you
dont get answers. You see only darkness, Bucks County District
Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub said.
In addition to the scene in the bathroom, blood reportedly was found
on bedding and walls throughout the Bucks County home.
When Bartles mother arrived there around 6:40 p.m. that night, she
found her daughter unconscious and bleeding on the living room floor.
Bartle was then rushed to a hospital, where she died three days after
the attack.
An autopsy revealed she died from a gunshot wound to the head and was
stabbed more than 80 times, according to the district attorneys
office.
Haag, who wasnt at the home when Bartles mother arrived, was spotted
by Bensalem Township police around 10 p.m. that night walking along a
road in a nearby town.
Court documents viewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer said responding
officers heard a gunshot and believed Haag was firing at them. They
later found out he had fired a round into his own throat because he
didnt want to go to jail, documents said.
Haag was charged when he was released from a hospital -- the same day
Bartle died.
Police had also found Haag in possession of two pistols he allegedly
stole from the attic bedroom of Bartles father. They said the bullet
fired into Bartles head belonged to one of them a .380-caliber
Smith & Wesson Bodyguard.
Haag was also found carrying a notebook stained with blood that was
linked to Bartles DNA, with the message: this is the last of Slim
thats all you get its the end 4 me, the Philadelphia Inquirer
reported, citing court documents and police statements.
Haag is set to appear in court Wednesday.
An obituary for Bartle said she was an eighth-grade student who loved
to make people laugh and had a pet cat and dog.
Her funeral was held Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/10/bloody-handprints-show-teen-girl-stabbed-80-times-shot-by-cousin-tried-to-escape-attack-officials-say.html
times and shot once by her cousin were discovered on a bathroom window
-- a gruesome testament to her failed bid to escape, court documents
revealed.
Colin Haag III, the 20-year-old cousin of Autumn Bartle, 14, faces
numerous charges from the March 30 incident in Bristol Township,
Penn., including homicide, kidnapping and unlawful restraint.
Court documents say investigators found bloody handprints on the
bathroom window and a copious amount of blood in the bathroom at
Bartles home, where Haag lived in the basement, according to the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The documents allege Bartle was trying to flee from Haag and someone
grabbed the window sash and closed and locked it, the Modesto Bee
reported, citing an affidavit.
The motive for the attack is still unknown.
Well continue to work on getting that answer. But sometimes, as we
stand here in this case, you look into the face of a killer and you
dont get answers. You see only darkness, Bucks County District
Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub said.
In addition to the scene in the bathroom, blood reportedly was found
on bedding and walls throughout the Bucks County home.
When Bartles mother arrived there around 6:40 p.m. that night, she
found her daughter unconscious and bleeding on the living room floor.
Bartle was then rushed to a hospital, where she died three days after
the attack.
An autopsy revealed she died from a gunshot wound to the head and was
stabbed more than 80 times, according to the district attorneys
office.
Haag, who wasnt at the home when Bartles mother arrived, was spotted
by Bensalem Township police around 10 p.m. that night walking along a
road in a nearby town.
Court documents viewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer said responding
officers heard a gunshot and believed Haag was firing at them. They
later found out he had fired a round into his own throat because he
didnt want to go to jail, documents said.
Haag was charged when he was released from a hospital -- the same day
Bartle died.
Police had also found Haag in possession of two pistols he allegedly
stole from the attic bedroom of Bartles father. They said the bullet
fired into Bartles head belonged to one of them a .380-caliber
Smith & Wesson Bodyguard.
Haag was also found carrying a notebook stained with blood that was
linked to Bartles DNA, with the message: this is the last of Slim
thats all you get its the end 4 me, the Philadelphia Inquirer
reported, citing court documents and police statements.
Haag is set to appear in court Wednesday.
An obituary for Bartle said she was an eighth-grade student who loved
to make people laugh and had a pet cat and dog.
Her funeral was held Sunday.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/10/bloody-handprints-show-teen-girl-stabbed-80-times-shot-by-cousin-tried-to-escape-attack-officials-say.html