WOODBURY — A southern New Jersey
teenager is facing a 17-year prison sentence for killing a young girl who
disappeared while riding her bike last year.
Justin Robinson’s sentencing is scheduled for
Thursday.
The 16-year-old pleaded guilty in adult court last
month to aggravated manslaughter, saying he alone strangled 12-year-old Autumn
Pasquale last October. She was killed not long after she left her home in
Clayton for a bike ride.
Robinson and his brother, Dante, were each charged with
murder.
Authorities say that besides Justin Robinson’s
admission, they didn’t have physical evidence that established whether one or
both of the brothers strangled the girl. Murder charges remain against Dante
Robinson.
Pasquale’s disappearance set off a massive two-day
search in Clayton, where all three youths lived.
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