According to The Meadville Tribune, the three girls were apart of a love-triangle, in which Stevens dated Olmstead during a previous break-up between Olmstead and Barber.
Olmstead and Barber then got back together an conspired the attack on Stevens, an attack which forensics examiners report consisted of blunt force trauma to the head including fifteen lacerations to the scalp, multiple scalp and facial injuries, a skull fracture, hemorrhage, blunt force trauma to the body, a ligature around the neck, and evidence of suffocation, which consisted of a scrap of clothing and “organic and earthen ground liquid” stuck in her mouth.
Both girls were charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, and tampering with physical evidence for their gruesome and tragic actions.
The judge stated that he is considering a death penalty for the case and will make that decision closer to the court date.