The two suspects accused of killing a school teacher during a botched burglary inside her home in Lancaster last month have been slapped with more charges.
Thomas Gregory Moore and Marcus Anthony Rutter were charged Friday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, receiving stolen property, theft and access device fraud.
Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, the most serious new charge, stems from one or both suspects allegedly forcing the victim, Nicole Mathewson, to have sexual intercourse before her death.
"Completely discouraging to hear that news on top of the murder. I mean, every murder is bad. It just makes it all that much worse," said Craig Stedman, the Lancaster County District Attorney.
Police say both men broke into Mathewson's home in the 700 block of North Franklin Street in Lancaster and attacked her on the morning of Dec. 15.
Moore then stole the victim's car and used her ATM card, according to court documents.
Thanks to an anonymous tip, police were able to identify Marcus Rutter, 16, and Thomas Moore, 25, as suspects.
District Attorney Stedman says home invasions like these are prime examples of why the penalties should be harsher for criminals.
"It is an extremely dangerous situation and we want to reduce the chances of that and reduce the cases like this, which is just the worst outcome possible," said Stedman.
Meantime neighbors tell us they hope justice is served.
"I pray for the lady that died because she didn't deserve that," said Sterlin Yates, a neighbor.
Moore and Rutter had previously been charged with criminal homicide, burglary, robbery and conspiracy.
Both suspects are being held without bail in the Lancaster County Jail.
The District Attorney says they can choose to pursue the death penalty against the older suspect, Thomas Moore, because he is an adult.
But, they have not decided that yet.
Mathewson, 32, was a sixth grade teacher at Brownstown Elementary School near Ephrata.
She was found dead of multiple traumatic injuries when she failed to show up for work that morning.
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