Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua taea e te pirihimana te whakataka i tētahi mahere whakamataku nā tētahi taiohi o St. Louis i hē ki te hopu i te tuahine 10 tau o tōna hoa i waenganui o te pō, kātahi ka whakapae i a ia kia mate, ka tūkino i tōna tinana mate, e ai ki ngā mana whakahaere. Kei te mauheretia a John Thomas Classen, 17 tau, i muri i tana tomokanga ki te whare o tana hoa akomanga i O'Fallon i te 12.40am o te Rāhoroi, mā te whakamahi i te matapihi i waiho e ia i te matapihi e rua nga ra i mua, me te huna i roto i te rūma mo te wha haora. I haere ia ki runga ki te taumata matua o te whare, kei te moe te kotiro taitamariki - e kiia ana he aroha ia ki a ia - i runga i te moenga, ka whakanoho i tona ringa ki tona mangai ka whakawehi kia whakamatea ia mena ka hamama ia. I kii a Classen i toia ia ki te rūma, engari i paheke te tokorua ka hinga ki raro i nga pikitanga. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. He tangata haurangi: Ko John Thomas Classen, 17, o O'Fallon, Missouri, he 'aroha' ki te tuahine o tana hoa 10-tau te pakeke, a, i kohurutia e ia te kotiro i te ata o te Taite, i te whakamahere ki te patu, ki te 'whakapupuru i tana tinana mate', ka rere atu i te taone, e ai ki te pirihimana. E kīia ana i tangohia e Classen tana patunga i te matapihi i whakamahia e ia ki te whakauru ki te whare - kei te 100 poraka o McCluer Drive - a ka haere ki tana motuka, i whakaturia ki te huarahi tata. I whawhai tonu te kotiro. I haere atu ia, i anga ki tētahi wāhi ngahere e tata ana ki tētahi whare noho. 'I hiahia ia ki te korero ki a ia mo te wa tuatahi i tutaki ai raua,' te tuakana 18-tau o te patunga, i tono kia kaua e whakaingoatia, i kii ki te St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 'I kī atu taku tuahine ki a ia kua whara ia, ā, e hiahia ana ki te hoki ki te kāinga.' I taua wā, i te hokinga ki te whare, ka tīmataria e ngā kuri e toru o te whānau te hamama i te tangi o Classen me te patunga o te patunga i raro i ngā pikitanga. I oho ake te whaea, tata ki te 5.25am, ka tiimata te hamama i muri i tana kitenga kua ngaro tana tamahine. I titiro ia ki waho, ā, i kite a ia i a Classen e toia ana tana kotiro iti i te huarahi, ā, i karanga wawe ia ki te 911. Te tirohanga: I whakapaehia a Classen i uru atu ki tenei kaainga o O'Fallon i te 12.40am i te Taite, ma te whakamahi i te matapihi i waiho e ia i te wa e toro ana ki te whare e rua nga ra i mua. I huna ia i roto i te rūnanga mō te wha...
Ko John Thomas Classen, 17, i pakaru ki te kāinga o tētahi hoa i te 12.40am Rāhoroi. I whakamahia e ia he matapihi i waiho e ia e tuwhera ana i nga ra e rua i mua. I huna i roto i te rūnanga mō ngā haora e whā i mua i te hopu i te tuahine, 10, e 'aroha' ana ia I oho ake te whaea o te patunga, ka karanga ki te pirihimana. I taea e ngā pirihimana te whakamutu i a Classen i tētahi pae tirotiro me te whakaora i te kotiro. E ai ki te pirihimana i whakamahere ia ki te patu i a ia, ki te patu i tana tinana mate.