A teenage boy used bike parts to lure a 12-year-old South Jersey girl into his house and then, with his older brother, killed her, police said Tuesday.
The pair then allegedly dumped Autumn Pasquale’s strangled body next door in a recycling bin.
One of the cruel teens even posted something about her murder on Facebook while her parents and dozens of other terrified residents in tiny Clayton, N.J., searched frantically for her, Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said.
When the boys’ mother saw the posting, she turned in her 15- and 17—year-old sons, he said. “There’s evil everywhere, even in the small town of Clayton,” Autumn’s uncle, Paul Spadafora, said.
It was a horrific development in a fast-moving tragedy that began Saturday when Autumn rode off on her bike, bound for a nearby park — and vanished without a trace just days before her 13th birthday.
Dalton did not name the teens, but residents said they were neighbors of the freckle-faced victim. They also said the accused teens’ house on East Clayton Ave. was a known hangout for other teenagers.
The girl died of “blunt force trauma, consistent with strangulation,” but there was no sign of sexual assualt. the medical examiner said.
Investigators said it was the younger teenage boy who lured Autumn. A third teen boy also lives in the hell house where the girl died, officials said, and one of the trio traded in BMX bike parts. Autumn was riding a white BMX bike when she disappeared.
The brothers are charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, among other counts. The younger brother is also charged with luring.
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