“... This appears to be a “Crime of Passion” .... The Courts will more than likely respond accordingly.”
Too much planning, imo.
Also probably no evidence of the sexual assaults other than the word of the child.
You can be sure that the defese will hire some sort of child psychologist/psychiatrist who specializes in diagnosing and treating kids who've been abused.The sessions with that person will surely be videotaped and,if they're deemed to be convincing,they'll be played for the jury.
So the girl was 6 when the rape allegedly happened. She’s 13 now. The guy is (was) 18. That means the kid was 11 when the alleged rape happened.
The woman took justice into her own hands, 7 years after the fact. She told multiple people she was going to kill the kid for months. There is no first-hand account from the daughter. Even if there was evidence that he raped the girl, I think this woman is going to go to prison regardless, for a long time. Her mentally retarded brother was killed because of her, and an 18 year old just out of high school.
The fact that no one called the police, and there’s no information that the daughter told anyone else, I don’t necessarily believe this woman’s story. It is strange, there’s a ton of critical information needed to make a judgment. But if I had to guess, I would guess she is found guilty of murder 2, and gets at LEAST 10 years. Or pleas down and gets 5-7. But her brother was killed too, and depending on forensics who KNOWS what happened? Maybe she killed them both and is lying about it.