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Stephanie Crowe was 12 years old when she was found murdered. On January 21, 1998 Stephanie's grandma Judith Kennedy woke up to an alarm coming from Stephanie’s room that wasn’t turned off. Judith went to see why Stephanie wasn’t shutting it off. At 6:30am Stephanie Crowe was found murdered in her room, stabbed 9 times. Police questioned Richard Tuite, but police dismissed him as too “bumbling”(AleidaLaw.com) to have killed her. They thought it was an inside job. So next, the fingers are pointed at Stephanie’s brother Michael Crow. This was the beginning of a long road for Michael and his family. Many people would wonder why a brother would kill his sister, but the police found Michael and his friends suspects. The police said Michael's …show more content…

Richard Raymond Tuite was seen running around town about the time Stephanie was murdered. Tuite was knocking on neighbors doors. He was asking for a woman named Tracy. Wearing a red sweatshirt, they wouldn’t notice any blood spots with the naked eye. After the police questioned and dismissed him they confiscated his red sweatshirt just in case. Months passed before they decided to check for any blood. Blood was found on the sweatshirt, so testing had to be done. After a while the results came back showing it belonged to Stephanie, but many days passed before Tuite was charged with the murder. After that, the case went to trial again. They were hoping they could get Tuite out without any charges. An Escondido police detective testified that Tuite's criminal record reflected a "bumbling prowler" (AleidaLaw.com) that would not be capable of the stealth it …show more content…

They sued because of the coerced statements that happened earlier in the case. Those statements are what caused the boys to end up in trouble for 13 months. Cheryl Crowe said, "We relive it everyday," and "It's a part of our life now.” “We have to relive a lot of details we'd rather not hear, but we have to."(Fox5Sandiego.com) Cheryl and her husband try to live a normal life, but after losing a child it’s extremely hard to. "Not many people can relate to such things. We have to pay the bills, have to go to work, but we have a very huge part that we have to deal with."(KPBS.org) she said. Michael however is starting to get back to normal. He is now enrolled in college and doing pretty good. Although he still has an empty feeling knowing he lost his sister. Grandma Judith passed away not long after the murder of Stephanie

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