Sentenced: Summers County Girl Found Dead, Parents Charged With Murder

[Sugar Cookie]

West Virginia State Police said a Summers County couple faces multiple charges after they were accused of murdering their 4-year-old daughter.

Rusty Weikle, 30, and Rebekah Weikle, 30, are charged with first-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death, child neglect resulting in death and conspiracy. They are currently being held at the Southern Regional Jail.

Summers County couple accused of murdering 4-year-old daughter

UPDATED, 12:24 p. m. 7/13/22.

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When a trooper arrived at the scene, he saw the child laying in a small bed with a large laceration across her throat, according to a criminal complaint filed in Summers County Magistrate Court.

The complaint said that the couple committed the murder in the early morning hours. According to the complaint, the couple laid in the bed together while the child lay dead in another room of the home. They called 911 about 8:25 a.m.

State Police said an investigation found that Rusty Weikle conspired with Rebakah Weikle to murder their daughter by stabbing her in the chest four times and slashing her throat.

The complaint said Rebakah Weikle reported that Rusty Weikle left their bedroom and after a long period of time returned and told her he “took care of the problem.” She said Rusty Weikle killed their daughter, and she assisted him in cleaning the blood from the girl.


According to the complaint, Rebakah Weikle didn’t render any aid to the girl or attempt to call emergency services.

Summers County couple accused of murdering 4-year-old daughter

UPDATED, 12:24 p. m. 7/13/22.

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[Sugar Cookie]

From 2020

 

[Satanica]

Why did they want her dead and how did they think they could get away with it? They certainly made no effort to conceal it.

 

[Hermy]

This sounds like some cultish religion ritual sacrifice.

 

[cubby]

What the fuck did I just read?!!!

I was right ready to believe neglect, malnourishment, starvation, just regular abuse, but to just slit her throat for no reason whatsoever, just wow, wow!

 

[Nell]

I am speechless. Just what the literal fuck? @Sugar Cookie keep us updated please.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

When state troopers entered the home, they immediately noticed the smell of cleaning supplies and later on they found out why that happened.

Crime scene techs found evidence of efforts to conceal blood in a bathroom that failed, and it was detected on fixtures and a bleach bottle.

The criminal complaint said Rebekah implicated her husband saying he told her he killed their daughter.

Troopers found a possible murder weapon, a steak knife.

The court documents indicated she helped clean up the blood and the couple spent hours in bed before calling 911.

Neighbors and his step-aunt had trouble believing Rusty could have done the crime.

“He always seemed like he was proud of his kids,” Wheeler said.

Rebakah told police he was gone from their room for a long time and when Rusty returned, she said he said he "took care of the problem.”

CPS took custody of the other children. The couple is held without bond.

Community reeling after parents charged with murder of their 4-year-old daughter

Relatives and neighbors were shocked by allegations against a Summers County couple accused of murdering their 4-year-old daughter.

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[DeeDee]

What the fuck happened here? Took care of the problem? Why was she the problem but not the other kids?

This one is actually shocking. It makes no sense.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

On Tuesday, Rebakah Weikle pleaded guilty to the killing of her 4-year-old daughter, Haley, in 2022 in Summers County.

The plea concludes a three-year investigation that deeply impacted the surrounding community.

“I want everybody to know how evil the person that she is and what all she has done. She killed a four year old baby, my baby,” Rusty Weikle, the victim’s father, said. “She was jealous that I was paying attention to her, doing what I was supposed to do, watching out for her. I was trying to keep her safe.”

According to the narrative the prosecution presented to the court before the plea was entered, Rebakah Weikle became obsessively jealous of the attention paid to Haley. She researched how to harm her daughter and eventually acted.

“Young Haley laid down, and at some point, Rebakah made the decision to cut her throat,” Summers County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Lefler, visibly emotional during the hearing, said. “In that act, while that little girl struggled while she was reaching around her, she inflicted two stab wounds to her chest. She was then able to make the fatal laceration across Haley’s throat and took her life.”

“She stated that she had this great resentment towards her daughter for whatever reason, and decided to take her life,” Lefler said in an interview afterwards. “It almost seems impossible to accept.”

According to the prosecution, Weikle hid the clothes she was wearing and the knife and went to bed. In the morning, she woke up and told her husband, Rusty, that Haley was not awake.

Throughout the investigation, Rebakah tried to make police believe that Rusty murdered Haley to cover up alleged sexual abuse. Those claims were not true, and Rebakah admitted to the lie as part of her plea.

“She revealed that she was solely responsible for this, and she has now taken responsibility for committing this,” Lefler said in an interview. “In fact, she admitted that she did this in such a way that it was hidden from Rusty and actually took steps to ensure that he did not hear why she was committing this act.”

Rebakah Weikle received two life sentences, one for first-degree murder and the other for child abuse and neglect resulting in death. As part of the plea agreement, she is eligible for parole in 30 years. The court acknowledged that she is likely to die behind bars.

Rusty Weikle entered a guilty plea of child neglect and abuse resulting in death, as well as child neglect for the other two children in the home. He was sentenced to home confinement and probation.

The couple’s other two children have been adopted by another family.

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“Monstrous.” Summers County woman pleads guilty, sentenced in murder of four-year-old daughter - WOAY-TV

"It's hard to come to terms with the fact that a mother would do this to their child." On Tuesday, Rebakah Weikle pleaded guilty to the killing of her 4-year-old daughter, Haley, in 2022 in Summers County.

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