Murder of Heather Rich

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The murder of Heather Rich was the 1996 child murder of a Waurika, Oklahoma, 16-year-old by three local teenagers. After Rich's body was found, an investigation led to the trials and convictions of the three perpetrators. Saddled with a recent series of negative events in her life, high-school student Heather Rich began acting out by drinking alcohol at school, using illegal drugs, and inflicting self-harm. After a family argument, Rich left home before midnight on October 2, 1996, to meet local teen Joshua Bagwell for a first date. The 17-year-old Bagwell came from a wealthy Waurikan family, and enjoyed the social status his affluence afforded him. He was accompanied that night by Curtis Gambill, a 19-year-old high-school dropout, and 17-year-old Randy Wood. The three boys plied Rich with alcohol until she was intoxicated; then, after raping her, drove her to a Montague County, Texas, bridge, shot her nine times, and dumped her body into the creek below. Rich's body was found and identified...

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