Thomas Mcclellan's Argument For Murder

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A man belonging to Michigan stabbed his 5-year-old stepdaughter to death and set her body on fire, quotes Independent. As revealed through the court proceedings, the stepfather snapped and lost his temperament on being asked for food.

Upon inquiry, Thomas McClellan, 25, said he knocked Luna Michelle Younger to the ground, sat on her and stabbed her in the chest when the stubborn child wouldn’t leave her room without food.

Michigan’s Detective Chuck Buckland of the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office revealed in front of the court that Mr. McClellan, after killing the 5-year-old, wrapped the body in blankets, sprayed it with alcohol and then set it on fire.

The Lansing State Journal has stated that the culprit has been held accountable for murder,

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