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Man who dismembered teen dies from ruptured aortic aneurysm

Sullivan had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other offenses for killing Grace Packer in 2016 as part of a rape-murder fantasy.
Sara Packer and Jacob Sullivan

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — A man sentenced to death for raping, strangling and dismembering his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter has died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. 

Jacob Sullivan died Thursday at a hospital, according to the Montgomery County coroner’s office. It is being treated as a natural death. 

The 47-year-old Sullivan had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other offenses for killing Grace Packer in 2016 as part of a rape-murder fantasy he shared with the teen’s mother.

Jurors decided in March 2019 that Sullivan should get the death penalty. Grace Packer’s mother, Sara Packer, received a life sentence in a plea deal with prosecutors. 

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