Teen women charged with homicide of girl discovered butchered in Utah trip rental

[ad_1] Two teenage women, together with the adopted daughter of the sufferer, have been charged with homicide after a girl was discovered stabbed to death inside a trip rental in Utah practically two weeks in the past, based on investigators.

The Washington Metropolis Police Division mentioned Abigael Paige Flanagan, 17, and Mihaela Gabriela Sorescu, 16, have been charged with the homicide of 47-year-old Andreea Mottram. Police mentioned Flanagan additionally goes by the title "Jay" and Sorescu additionally goes by the title "Bella."

Investigators mentioned Mottram was discovered by home cleaners on March 23 inside a Washington Metropolis rental property, with over a dozen stab wounds to her higher physique.

Washington County Lawyer Eric Clarke told FOX 13 that Sorescu and Flanagan are being charged as adults with homicide, in addition to automobile theft, after allegedly taking Mottram's rented automobile again to California following the crime.

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"Right now, there may be possible trigger to suspect that the sufferer was stabbed to loss of life by Jay and/or Bella and that each are criminally accountable," based on new courtroom paperwork obtained by FOX 13.

Police mentioned Mottram had traveled to Washington City from California and had been staying within the rental for 3 days previous to her physique being discovered.

Resulting from there being no indicators of compelled entry, authorities initially named each teenagers as "individuals of curiosity" and believed they have been the final folks to see Mottram alive.

When combing by way of the rental residence, detectives situated telephones in the bathroom that officers mentioned belonged to Sorescu and Flanagan, based on paperwork, together with an ID inside a handbag.

Detectives mentioned the gadgets "seem to have been positioned in the bathroom and tried to be flushed in an effort to hide proof and/or delay apprehension," based on the report.

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The sufferer's adopted daughter was recognized as one of many teen women charged with homicide inside a Washington Metropolis rental residence. (KMYU)

Investigators additionally situated a number of knives inside the house, together with one within the sink that had been washed off however had "hint quantities of blood," based on courtroom paperwork.

A pair of pants have been additionally discovered within the residence, with blood on each legs and a "bloody imprint of a knife blade," and have been believed to belong to Sorescu, because of the measurement of the pants, detectives wrote.

Sorescu is Mottram’s adoptive daughter, FOX 13 first reported.

Mottram traveled to Utah with Flanagan, days earlier than her loss of life, to go to her daughter, who had been in a Washington County residential therapy facility for the previous three years, based on courtroom paperwork.

Flanagan was beforehand in a facility however was not too long ago taken out by her dad and mom.

Sorescu's father informed police that he had discovered his daughter's diary through which she had written "how a lot she hated her mom and wrote that she wished to kill her," in November, based on courtroom paperwork.

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The day earlier than her physique was found, Mottram posted a selfie on her Fb web page, captioned "That is… virtually 48."

She additionally posted, "The difficulty is, you assume you've got time," 4 days previous to her selfie.

"The apprehension of each suspects is an important step within the investigation," the Washington Metropolis Police Division mentioned. "Nonetheless, the investigation workforce is presently following up on many points of the case. Once more, our sincerest condolences exit to the household and mates of the sufferer of this mindless act of violence."

Sorescu and Flanagan have been being held within the Dixie Space Detention Heart in Washington County.

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Mottram labeled herself as a "Hospice social employee, Romanian dwelling a Californian life, and mom in three particular methods," based on her about-me part on her Fb web page.

She was additionally a co-founder of incapacity and refugee support associations within the U.S. and Romania, together with the Chicago-based American Romanian Coalition for Human and Equal Rights, based on the group's Fb web page.

"It's with deep sorrow that we mourn the lack of our beloved Andreea Mottram, a fierce advocate, a compassionate chief, and an expensive pal to so many inside our neighborhood," the group wrote. "Like lots of you, we're nonetheless in shock at this heartbreaking information. Andreea’s dedication to justice, fairness, and human rights was not only a mission—it was the very essence of who she was."

Stepheny Value is a author for Fox Information Digital and Fox Enterprise. She covers matters together with lacking individuals, homicides, nationwide crime circumstances, unlawful immigration, and extra. Story suggestions and concepts will be despatched to stepheny.worth@fox.com