New York authorities have sentenced a 23-year-old woman to 13 years behind bars for plotting and helping her correctional officer boyfriend to shatter her own mother’s skull into pieces back December 2016.
Three years later, 30-year-old Ralph Keppler pleaded guilty to murder charged and was sentenced to 22 years in jail. He and Francesca Kiel carried out an atrocious plan to get rid of Theresa Kiel, the 56-year-old school principal, over an ongoing dispute.
“Francesca Kiel and her boyfriend meticulously planned the attack and murder of her own mother Theresa Kiel, in December 2016,” DA Madeline Singas said.
“This was a particularly challenging investigation because the co-defendants had worked hard to cover their attacks both before and after the attack.”
The victim’s daughter placed a GPS device on her mom’s car to locate her at the residence before sending Keppler there to murder her calling a taxi for him.
“Theresa Kiel was robbed of all quality of life when this defendant allegedly shattered her skull with a metal barbell as she walked to her Long Beach apartment.”
The mother sustained severe injuries including brain damage and right eye, a shattered skull, and worn-out teeth.
“This barbaric attack, allegedly motivated by a business dispute and perpetrated by a man employed as a corrections officer, has left Ms. Kiel in a persistent vegetative state, and prosecutors in my office are committed to holding this defendant accountable.”
