Overview
- The 23-year-old victim, described by family as trusting due to childhood brain damage, was lured by acquaintances she considered friends.
- A jogger’s discovery of a pink Ugg boot and a handbag with Kline’s ID in remote Lancaster County woodland triggered the investigation.
- Investigators tied the crime to the suspects with CCTV of a gas can purchase, a broken necklace and a Ugg boot imprint found in Lynch’s car, and a witness statement from Lynch’s girlfriend.
- Prosecutors said Kline was sexually assaulted, repeatedly stabbed, and set on fire, with soot in her lungs indicating she was alive when first ignited.
- In court, the defendants blamed each other as prosecutors alleged jealousy and premeditation before the abduction and killing.