A mentally disabled woman was forced to eat detergent and urine -- and to write her own suicide note -- before she was stabbed to death and dumped in a school parking lot, police said Friday. Six suspects are in custody, including some people she had apparently called her friends.

The head of 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty had been shaved, and she had been bound with Christmas decorations and clothing; she also was hit with a towel rack, vacuum cleaner hose and a crutch, according to an affidavit. Her face was painted with nail polish, and she was fed vegetable oil, spices and medications in addition to soap and urine, police said.

"She was exploited, and her kindness and her handicap made her very vulnerable," Daugherty's sister, Joy Burkholder, said. "She trusted everybody; she believed everyone was good, and no one would hurt her."

Six people were charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping and related charges in the death of Daugherty, who was missing since Monday and whose body was found Thursday at Greensburg Salem Middle School, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Charged were Robert Loren Masters Jr., 36, Ricky Smyrnes, 23, Melvin Knight, 20, Amber Meidinger, 20, all of Greensburg; a 17-year-old girl from Greensburg; and Peggy Darlene Miller, 27, of Mount Pleasant Township. All were being held without bond in the Westmoreland County prison. It was not clear whether they had attorneys.

Authorities said Daugherty willingly went to the apartment where she was killed, but they wouldn't discuss a motive or details on how the visit turned deadly. Authorities said they found the victim's belongings in the building's attic, as well as items that had been used to clean up blood.

"She was at the wrong place, at the wrong time, stumbled in a bad situation," said Greensburg Police Chief Walter Lyons.

The Westmoreland County coroner's office said Daugherty had been stabbed multiple times in the neck, chest and head. Coroner Kenneth Bacha said he didn't know what weapon was used.

Stepfather Bobby Murphy, 62, of Mount Pleasant, told The Associated Press that the victim had the mental abilities of a 12-to 14-year-old. read more
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6 that need to be added to the Death Penalty List!

Agreed. Also, it's ridiculous that they won't list the 17 year old's name because 17 is technically considered a minor, so thus, nobody knows the name of one of those monsters. A chilling example of how teens are not the sweet innocent children some people claim them to be. I say give them all the guillotine. Or maybe hang them. Whatever, so long as they get the death penalty, each and every one of them.

Of course, in this day and age, they'll probably all get a plea bargain where they serve a couple years then walk free to do it again.

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With the mental abilities of a 12-to 14-year-old, she was an Einstein compared to my son.
Most mentally disabled individuals are loving, trusting people, and don't even know what danger is.

Those six if found guilty should be executed and receive a free go directly to Hell do not pass Go card.

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OMG....OMG..... Torture isn't good enough for these people. Jail is not enough. Death is not enough. OMG... the whole time I was reading that I was picturing my 12 yr old good friend who is mentally retarded and thinking to myself, let his father at these things. Can't call them people and animals are to sweet to be classified with them.

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And, if what they did to her wasn't bad enough... They dumped her body at a middle school?!?!?!? Fry these bastards - there is no reasoning why they would do such a thing - they are the scum of the earth!

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I agree! This is just sick!

A good old public hanging would be the ticket! or maybe like the old english...disembowlment!! No way should these monsters be allowed to live!