Fiction Blog 5

Ellie found information that may incriminate Rob Westerfield of another murder that occurred before the death of Andrea, Ellie's sister. A locket with the initials A. R. for Amy Rayburn belonged to murder victim. The locket was found in the possession of Rob Westerfield. One of Rob's cellmates remembers him talking about beating A. R. to death and it feeling good. This inmate could be used to prove that Rob confessed to the murder of another girl. The locket could be used as evidence against Rob Westerfield. Beating the girl to death is the mens rea portion of the criminal elements. He willing beat the girl to death. There is also the acutus reus portion. If he had not intended to kill the girl he would have stopped beating her. A woman called Ellie to tell her that she has proof that Rob disguised his identity by wearing a wig. This also proves the intent of Rob to murder his victims without getting caught. It turned out that it was Rob Westerfield playing a woman to lure Ellie out. She recognized Rob when she went to go meet the woman. Ellie tried to get away in her car but Rob followed her in his van. Rob pushed Ellie car into some trees. Ellie was amazingly unhurt by the car crash. Rob took a tire iron and tried to bludgeon Ellie to death in her car. At that point a police car came rushing on the scene with its light and sirens blaring. The police car saw the predicament that Ellie was in and did the only thing it supposedly could to save her. The car rammed Rob out of the way. Rob got two broken legs. Police officers are allowed to use deadly force to protect themselves or others from use of deadly physical force. This is an example of that permission. Laws In the end Rob Westerfield was convicted of the murder of a second person and the attempted murder of Ellie Cavanaugh. He got consecutive sentences and will not get out of jaill for113 years. I say that this outcome pleases me even though it is a fiction book. It seems that the attorney for Rob Westerfield bribed Will Nebels, the man who claimed to have seen another man go into the garage, to make the story. The attorney is now a disbarred attorney who is serving his own sentence for that little fiasco. ABA rules