Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakawakia tētahi hōia o Fort Meade i Maryland mō te kohuru hara i muri i te kī a ngā mana whakahaere i werohia e ia te whaea o tana hoa wahine 14 tau te pakeke ki te mate i te ata o te Rātapu i Pennsylvania. E whakapae ana a Caleb Barnes, 20, i te maha o nga patunga a Cheryl Silvonek i te kaki i a ia e ngana ana ki te whawhai ki a ia i a raua e noho ana i roto i te waka i te huarahi i mua o te whare o Upper Macungie. E whakaponohia ana i puta te patu i muri i te korero a Silvonek ki a Barnes me tana tamahine kaore ia i whakaae ki to raua hononga. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. E whakapae ana a Caleb Barnes, 20, i te whakamate i te whaea o tana hoa wahine 14 tau te pakeke mā te wero i a ia ki te kaki. I whakamātau a Cheryl Silvonek, 54, ki te whawhai ki a ia i a rāua i roto i tētahi motokā i tōna kāinga i Upper Macungie, Pennsylvania. I te taenga mai o te pirihimana ki te kāinga (i whakaahuatia) i te ata o te Rātapu, i kitea e rātau a Barnes me te kotiro i roto i te rūma. Whai muri i te matenga o Silvonek, ka mau a Barnes me tana tamahine, i roto i te motuka i te wa o te patu, i te waka o te whanau ki Wamart ka hoko waipiro, waipiro me etahi atu hua horoi, i kii te Karere Ataata o Allentown. I whakamatau ratou ki te horoi i te motuka, i peia ki te taha o South Whitehall, ka tanu i a Silvonek ki roto i te urupa mata. I kitea e te pirihimana te motokā i raro i te roto, ā, i aroturukihia ki te whare o Silvonek. I to rātau taenga mai, ka kitea e rātau a Barnes, te kotiro, me te tāne o Silvonek, a Rawiri. Ko te kotiro me Barnes i roto i te ruma i runga ake, a, e moe tonu ana te papa, e ai ki te pūrongo a CBS 13. I whakawakia a Barnes, he tohunga ia, mo te kohuru tangata, te tukino i te tupapaku me te whakaeke i te tangata. E ai ki te pirihimana, he taunakitanga kei a ia te taatai ki te kotiro i mua tata atu i te kohuru. Kua whakawakia ia mō te tūkino i te tinana mate, te whakararuraru i ngā taunakitanga, me te ārai i te hopu. Kaore ano kia whakatauhia mēnā ka whakawakia ia hei pakeke, hei rangatahi rānei. I kii te roia o te kaitautoko a John Waldron: 'Kei te tangi noa ia mo tona whaea, e kii ana kei te mihi ia ki tana whaea. 'He tamaiti tēnei, e 14 noa nei ōna tau. Kei te ohorere ia.' I roto i te rūma whakawa ngā mātua tūpuna o te kōtiro...
E ai ki te pirihimana i werohia e Caleb Barnes a Cheryl Silvonek, 54, ki te mate i te Ratapu. I patua i roto i te motokā i mua o Upper Macungie, Pennsylvania, te kāinga. I whakapae a Te Tamahine raua ko Barnes i whakamatau ki te horoi i te motuka me te tanu i te tinana. I haere mai a Barnes i te mutunga wiki mai i Fort Meade i Maryland. E whakawakia ana ia mō te kohuru tangata, te tūkino i te tinana mate me te whakaeke ā-ira. Ka whakawakia te kotiro e ngā whakapae e pā ana ki te tūkino i te tinana mate me te ārai i te hopu.