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(AP) A 20-year-old girl who was found dead last month had been raped and bound and may have been buried alive behind the mobile home where her alleged killer was living, prosecutors said in newly released documents.
Jessica's body was found buried about 150 yards from her home.
According to the documents, Jessica was found wearing shorts and a shirt - different from the pink nightgown her family said she was wearing when they reported her missing.
The body was wrapped in two plastic trash bags knotted at her head and feet in a grave covered by a mound of leaves, the state attorney's office said in the documents.
Detective David Strickland wrote that Jessica's hands appeared to be bound in front of her with speaker wire. Strickland also wrote that a medical examiner noted signs of sexual battery.
Jessica died of asphyxiation, according to a coroner's report. A convicted sex offender, was charged in her slaying. He has pleaded not guilty.
Officials said they believe Jessica may have been alive in his home while police and volunteers searched for her. After she was killed, he fled to Georgia.
Jessica's body was found buried about 150 yards from her home.
According to the documents, Jessica was found wearing shorts and a shirt - different from the pink nightgown her family said she was wearing when they reported her missing.
The body was wrapped in two plastic trash bags knotted at her head and feet in a grave covered by a mound of leaves, the state attorney's office said in the documents.
Detective David Strickland wrote that Jessica's hands appeared to be bound in front of her with speaker wire. Strickland also wrote that a medical examiner noted signs of sexual battery.
Jessica died of asphyxiation, according to a coroner's report. A convicted sex offender, was charged in her slaying. He has pleaded not guilty.
Officials said they believe Jessica may have been alive in his home while police and volunteers searched for her. After she was killed, he fled to Georgia.