Teen who googled ‘going to kill someone tonight for fun’ guilty of manslaughter
A young woman in Australia who strangled her date to death with a vibrator cord has been found guilty of murder.
Jamie Lee Dolheguy, 20, was charged with murder over the death of 24-year-old Maulin Rathod, who she met on dating app Plenty of Fish.
She strangled him to death after inviting her over to sex at her home in Sunbury, in the state of Victoria, in July 2018.
Australian media reports a Supreme Court jury today cleared her of murder but found her guilty of manslaughter.
It was never disputed that she had killed Mr Rathod, a student, but her defence lawyer questioned whether she had "murderous intent" according to 9 News .
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Dolheguy wrapped the wire around Maulin Rathod's neck during a choke play session, she told police officers in a recorded interview played out at the beginning of her murder trial.
The Melbourne woman 20-year-old wrapped her legs around Maulin while she lay behind him, whispering in his ear "It'll be okay. It'll be over," she told investigators.
After strangling the 24-year-old, Dolheguy called police and told them: "It feels good."
On the day of the death last year Maulin drove to Dolheguy's home after they matched on dating site Plenty of Fish.
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According to Australian reports Dolheguy advertised a bondage fetish on her dating profile, which also outlined that she was dating for the first time, had borderline personality disorder, and had suicidal ideation.
While Maulin was on his way Dolheguy, then 18, went online and searched terms including "I'm going to kill someone tonight for fun" and "I will kill someone tonight, I want to commit murder."
She took him into her bedroom, where she was wearing a fancy dress costume.
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The prosecution told the jury at the beginning of the trial how Dolheguy at discussed choke play with her victim.
According to her testimony from a police interview outlined to the court, she described Maulin as "skinny" and "happy to learn" about choke play.
"I told him that I…that I wouldn't let him out of the house and he said he didn't care," Dolheguy later told detectives investigating the death.
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Dolheguy asked him if he realised how close her hands were to his threat before saying: "What if I – what would you do if I were to never let go, are you strong enough to pull me off?"
"And he was like, 'I'm pretty strong,' and I'm like, 'Could we test the theory?' and he's like, 'Yeah, as long as you don't hurt me,'" she told cops.
According to her testimony to detectives she then choked Maulin while wrapping her legs around his body so he could not move.
She then choked him with the vibrator cord.
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Immediately after he died, she called police and confessed, the jury was told.
At a pre-trial hearing it was heard how Dolheguy googled "I'm going to kill someone tonight for fun" before Maulin lost his life.
She also searched “I will kill someone tonight” and “I want to commit murder”, while visiting a webpage with the headline "10 steps to committing a murder and getting away with it".
In the interview with police Dolheguy told officers that she wanted someone to "step in her way" or else she might "do it again".
According to 9 News, her defence lawyer told the jury Dolheguy had a difficult upbringing and a personality disorder, and had suffered extreme abuse that forced her into care at age 10.
"Ms Dolheguy was so damaged, and her mind was in such chaos that you couldn't be satisfied she had murderous intent," defence barrister Sharon Lacy said.
The killer's mind was a was "a torrent of terrifying thoughts and emotions,'' she added.
She will be sentenced next year.
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