On Friday, September 22, 2006, 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was housesitting for her aunt and uncle when she was brutally attacked and murdered in the home. Police quickly narrowed in on 2 of Cassie’s classmates, Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, as the prime suspects in the crime. It was later discovered that Brian and Torey had extensively planned Cassie’s murder and the two were planning on continuing their killing spree if they had not been caught. The crime was reportedly inspired in part by the slasher film, Scream and therefore became known as “The Scream Murder”. 

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