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Accused Killer Changes Story

Accused Killer Changes Story - Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 3:20PM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 @ 03:20pm EST
MOUNTAINHOME, MONROE COUNTY - Police found 21 year old Michael Goucher stabbed to death along Snow Hill Road in Price Township last week. Shawn Freemore originally told police he killed Goucher out of sexual self defense. Now it looks like the murder was simply about violence.

A week ago Shawne Freemore allegedly told police he killed Michael Goucher because Goucher made a sexual advance on him. The victim's uncle never believed that story. Herbert Planchock said, "There's no sexual twist as that was put on. And that was a statement made by the accused killer to start with."

It turns out, his hunch was right. In court Thursday, police slapped Freemore with new charges that say this was not a spur of the moment killing. Court documents show he planned the murder with a friend.

When Michael's Aunt and Uncle read the new charges they told Eyewitness News they weren't surprised. "I doubted everything about the original story in the very beginning," said Ethel Schuler.

Planchock added, "These killers committed the worst act possible or even imaginable to someone's child." Officers said Freemore's partner in crime was 17 year old Ian Seagrave's. He was arrested Wednesday. According to arrest papers, the two were high on drugs when they decided to lure Michael into the woods to "meet him, scare him and kill him."

"I'm kinda numb. I try not to deal with the emotion of it," said Schuler.

The new documents also show the alleged killers stabbed Michael at least 45 times, not 20 as police originally reported. Freemore apparently told investigators he targeted Michael because he didn't know him very well. Schuler said, "He trusted too much. He would look at you and not see any evil in you what so ever. He only ever saw the good in people."
 


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