Teen Girl Shot Dead for Boyfriend's View Pleasure

Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 5 p.m.

b'An Indiana man is charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of 19-year-old Grace Anne Sparks while he was 300 miles away at his home. Hayden Berkebile, 29, told detectives they\\u2019d been in a relationship since \\u201cshe was in her early teens, communicated via messaging apps, and had visited each other. \\n\\nPolice say "Berkebille stated that the victim had been suicidal for years and on this day during the course of their conversation, she grabbed a gun, the camera moved, he told her \\u2018no, no, no\\u2019 and then heard a gunshot.\\u201d Sparks\\u2019 death has initially ruled a suicide. Investigators found, however, that Berkebile was a \\u201cBDSM sexual master\\u201d who \\u201cexerted sexual control over the victim causing her to engage in dangerous and demeaning acts,\\u201d encouraging Sparks to kill herself for his \\u201cviewing pleasure.\\u201d \\n\\n\\u201cOn the day of the victim\\u2019s death, the victim asks Mr. Berkebile to use her,\\u201d an affidavit filed in court said. \\u201cBerkebile states \\u2018No, I want to kill you.\\u2019 \\u2018That\\u2019s all I [expletive] want.\\u2019\\u201d Berkebile faces charges of criminally negligent homicide and false reports.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJoining Nancy Grace Today:Randy\\xa0Kessler\\xa0- Atlanta Trial Lawyer, Emory Law School Professor, Past Chair ABA Family Law Section, Author: "Divorce, Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future",\\xa0www.KSFamilyLaw.com,\\xa0Instagram: @rkessler23, Twitter: @GADivorceDr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy), www.panthermitigation.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrialDoc, Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology"Dr. Kendall Crowns \\u2013 Deputy Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin)Kristy Mazurek - Emmy Award-winning Investigative Reporter, President of Successful Strategies PR and Crisis Communications FirmGlenn Bard - Retired Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class, Computer Crime Investigations, U.S. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, PATCtech Digital Forensics patc tech dot com'