Memorial Service Held for Teen Allegedly Killed By Adoptive Mother & Her Boyfriend
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A community memorial service today, for the 14-year-old girl who went missing in July from Abington Township. Her body was found in October, dumped in the woods in Luzerne County.
Earlier this month, her adoptive mother and that woman's boyfriend were charged in connection with her death.
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Grace Packer's birth mother, Rose Hunsicker, tried to talk about her outside the service but was overcome by emotion.
"Her memory and her smile will never fade."
Hunsicker lost custody in 2004, when Grace was three years old. Her cousin Myra McMurtry says she wants to be sure Grace's voice is heard.
"I can't find it in my heart to forgive them. It's too much pain and it hurts."
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Grace's adoptive mother Sara Packer and her boyfriend Jacob Sullivan are charged in Grace's death in what prosecutors have called a rape-murder fantasy, planned out by the pair.
They kept the girl's body in an attic in Quakertown, police say, until investigators started closing in.
Sullivan allegedly confessed to hospital workers after he attempted suicide.