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The next day her scorched body in a vacant lot on the edge of town, on the route she would have taken to back to her Las Vegas house.
She had been stabbed around 40 times before being set on fire, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office.
After a pal turned him in, cops quickly picked up 19-year-old Javier Righetti for the crime and according to reports, he confessed to the vicious killing - something he could now face the death penalty for.
Prosecutor Christopher Lalli said Thursday that a Clark County district attorney panel will consider whether to seek capital punishment against Righetti in the slaying of the 15-year-old, Ann Arbor High School student.
Righetti made an initial appearance before a Las Vegas judge who set an Oct. 14 evidence hearing.
Righetti's lawyer, Tim O'Brien, says Righetti is on suicide watch at the Clark County jail. He's being held without bail.
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