This episode contains sensitive material, including graphic depictions of sexual assault, which

some listeners may find especially distressing or traumatic.

W.E.B. Dubois once said that the chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the

punishment of the criminals, but preventing the young from being trained to crime. But what

happens when the early warning signs for homicidal violence are mistaken for youthful immaturity

and simple reckless abandon. When the community, the parents, and even the police aren't quite sure

how to set a young man back on the right path after he is so clearly strayed into the darkness.

This time, an invisible choir.

Frutality is just one of the worst things I've ever seen 24 years in law enforcement.

It's about to brag to other juveniles in the detention facility that he wanted to hide

her body and save her for later.

The damage inflicted on the victim was so severe that her brain was visible through the holes

in her skull and shards of her hearing aid were strewn throughout the area through which she was

assaulted and dragged.

Okay, we're here today in the state of Ohio versus Jacob Larosa. 15CR-942

purposes for sentencing. 19-year-old Jacob Larosa sits in a bright jail orange jumpsuit in the

Trumbull County courtroom patiently awaiting the judge to read aloud his sentencing.

He sits here today for his role in one of the most depraved crimes the Niles of Ohio prosecuting

attorney has ever heard of for praying and what most consider the most innocent and helpless

of our population and for exploiting the trust of someone he knew well. But in order to understand

Jacob Larosa's crime, we must first take a look back at his earlier life and examine what happened

to him and what might have well started him down a path towards murder.

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