A Pennsylvania man was charged with the murder of missing 14-year old Ebony Nicole Ramsey Monday. Ramsey was an honor student in her first year at Wissahickon High School.
Mark O'Donnell, the boyfriend of Ramsey's mother, confessed to Montgomery County police and is officially charged with homicide.
Autopsy results showed Ebony Dorsey was beaten and strangled, and her pajamas were found wrapped around her neck.
O'Donnell drove Dorsey to his apartment after 10 p.m. Thursday and had her stay with his 4-year-old daughter so that he could spend the night with Dorsey's mother in Ambler.
Dorsey's mother, Danielle Cattie, returned home from work around midnight and told investigators that O'Donnell spent the next five hours smoking a significant amount crack. Cattie also admitted that she uses a heavy amount of cocaine.
When he came home, O'Donnell said he found Dorsey changing his daughter's pull-up-style diapers and became angry. He said he started hitting Dorsey and eventually realized her pants were wrapped around her neck. He recalled the 4-year-old calling out, "Daddy," and he realized the teenager was dead.
O'Donnell then moved Dorsey's lifeless body to a relative's house in a plastic container and went to the airport to pick up his wife a few hours later. O'Donnell returned to the relative's home Saturday to cover the container in leaves and sticks.
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