[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

I always suspected the brother

Right - like a 9-year-old kid knows how to apply a garrot.

[comebacknewt]

I always suspected the brother

Right - like a 9-year-old kid knows how to apply a garrot.

The parents could have found her later and used the garrote to try to cover up the fact that the brother did it.