What does the murder of a teenage girl say about us?

The trial of Boy A and Boy B, for the murder of Ana Kriegel, failed to answer one question: Why?

What does the murder of a teenage girl say about us?

Ana Kriegel was just 14 when she was sexually assaulted and killed. The perpetrator was 13, his accomplice likewise, their age eliciting a certain sympathy. But Ana is the innocent, the victim of a brutal crime, and also of ingrained misogyny, writes Joyce Fegan.

The trial of Boy A and Boy B, for the murder of Ana Kriegel, failed to answer one question: Why? Why would anyone sexually assault and murder a young girl, who liked to sing and to dance and who watched Disney movies with her family on a Sunday?

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