Murders
On September 20, 1993, James returned home from a party to find Betty Dick's four grandchildren sleeping in the living room. This angered James because he felt that Dick's daughter and the children's mother, Lisa Neuner, was taking advantage of Dick by often asking her to watch the children. He grabbed 8-year-old Toni Neuner by the neck and choked her, then took her to his bedroom and raped her, after which he put her body between his bed and the wall.
James proceeded to Dick's bedroom, where he hit her in the head with a candlestick and repeatedly stabbed her with a knife. Dick screamed, waking up Toni's sister, Wendi, who came to the bedroom. James tied her up and put her in the bathroom. He got a butcher knife from the kitchen and returned to Dick's bedroom, sticking the knife in her back. After showering and taking jewelry from Dick's bedroom, James fled in her car.
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