Predator cuts off ankle monitor, rapes 10 year old, kills her mother

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Lawyers told the harrowing story of how a mother was stabbed to death as she was trying to fight off the carjacker who had just raped her 10-year-old daughter moments earlier.

The prosecutor told the court how 29-year-old David Renz was trying to use cable ties to bind the woman to a headrest in her car when she fought back and shouted for the girl, whose hands were tied behind her back, to bolt from the car.

As the child ran off and was rescued by a passing motorist, her mother was strangled and repeatedly stabbed in the head and chest, according to a 37-count indictment that includes a top count of first-degree murder.

'(The mother) died really saving Jane Doe,' Fitzpatrick said at a news conference, using the standard name to identify the child, whose identity is not being revealed because of her age.

The murdered mother’s name is also not being revealed in order to protect the identity of the girl.

'There's no question that she attempted to distract Renz so that little Jane could get away.'

He said he will seek a sentence of life without parole if Renz is convicted.



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