By David Lohr
(Continued)
In regard to the day the murders took place, Richardson said she was upstairs with her brother when Steinke attacked her parents. She said she tried to comfort the boy and covered his ears so he would not hear the screams.
"It was horrible, I didn't want him to hear it," she testified.
Richardson said she looked down the stairway and saw her mother lying on her back with "blood on her chest." She said she became scared and grabbed a kitchen knife in the bedroom to protect herself. Shortly thereafter, Steinke allegedly came into the room and told her to stab her eight-year-old brother.
"He yells at me, 'Stab him, just stab him! Slit his throat!' I said, 'I can't, I can't,' and he said, 'You have to. I did this for you.'"
200.jpg) |
| Jasmine Richardson |
Richardson testified that her brother pleaded for his life, saying, "I'm scared. I'm too young to die."
She admitted to stabbing him with the knife, but claimed she only made a halfhearted attempt.
"Not very hard," Richardson said describing how she stuck him with the knife. "It was somewhere in his upper body. It went to the side."
According to Richardson, Steinke then took the knife from her and cut the boy's throat while she turned away.
"He was gurgling," she testified.
 |
| Crime Scene |
After her brother died, Richardson said Steinke left the house without her, leaving her behind with her dead family members.
Next Page
Previous Page
default
increase
decrease
email
print