Discretion is advice.

This is a minute burn.

During 2013, 17-year-old Tara Willenborg was excited for the rest of her life.

She had moved out of her family home and started living at an apartment, which she shared with her

21-year-old partner, Josh Lewis. Despite their age gap, family and friends reported that the couple were happy together,

and even though they weren't formally engaged, they started referring to each other as fiancés.

Josh was in the process of saving to buy an expensive ring for Tara, which he planned on using to

officially propose to her in July that year.

On March 2, 2013, Tara was sitting on the end of the staircase that led up to her apartment

when she was approached by a familiar face. It was 49-year-old Richard Houton, whose girlfriend

lived in the apartment opposite Tara's. That night,

Richard had been out drinking with his girlfriend and her family at a bar, but he decided to go

home alone because he wasn't in the mood to get drunk. When he greeted Tara, he asked her if she

was interested in hanging out for a while. Terra agreed and invited Richard inside her

apartment. Later, Richard reflected on the moment that he'd seen Tara sitting on the stairs and

admitted that as soon as he saw her, he knew he was going to try to sexually assault her. Soon

after, Tara turned on her television and the two of them sat down to watch.

Richard suddenly attacked her.

He was able to overpower Tara, who was younger and smaller than him,

and he proceeded to sexually assault her while choking her.

At one point, Richard looked at Tara and noticed, during the assault, she had stopped breathing.

He panicked and attempted to resuscitate her. But when his CPR attempt failed, he realized that he had

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