Man Could Get Death in Teen’s Rape, Murder, Dismemberment

Man Could Get Death in Teen’s Rape, Murder, Dismemberment
This combination photo provided on Jan. 8, 2017, by the Bucks County District Attorney shows Sara Packer, left, and Jacob Sullivan. Bucks County District Attorney/File via AP
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa—A Pennsylvania jury will decide on life or death for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in the 2016 rape, murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter.

Jacob Sullivan, 46, pleaded guilty to all charges last month in a case that raised questions about the child welfare system’s failure to protect 14-year-old Grace Packer, who spent years in an abusive home before she was sexually violated, drugged and then, finally, strangled in the attic of a suburban Philadelphia home.