A resident of Pennsylvania admitted that he had taken his girlfriend in Nevada allegedly on vacation, and then was left for dead in the desert.
39-year-old John Chapman until filed several charges, including kidnapping, but not murder.
«Will Chapman accused of murder, depends on Nevada, because the Pennsylvania in this case, no jurisdiction», — told CNN the police chief of Bethel Park (Pennsylvania), Timothy O’connor.
As told by Chapman himself, in late September he convinced his 33-year-old girlfriend Jamie Peden to go with him to Las Vegas, supposedly on vacation. They arrived in Las Vegas on September 23.
Photo: Bethel Park Police
According to police, Jamie Peden diagnosed with VACTERL syndrome. This is a variety of birth defects that frequently occur in combination with each other and affect the vertebrae and other parts of the body. In a criminal lawsuit says that the state has limited mental abilities Jamie Peden.
September 25, Chapman convinced a woman to go to the desert to participate in the «photo shoot on the theme of slavery.»
Man tied by ties hands and feet Feden and attached duct tape to her mouth and nose until she suffocated.
The woman’s body was found on October 5 when the traveling family stayed in the desert. One of the family members went to the toilet and found the body of Jamie Peden.
The police said that Chapman was impersonating Jamie in social networks, sending messages to her family for two months.
The accused was refused bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 21.
