The convict, Gregory Graf, 54, confessed only after the lies he’d told investigators didn’t hold up. He shot his 33-year-old stepdaughter, Jessica Padgett, in the back of the head and then recorded himself having sex with her over a span of two hours.
Jurors watched seven minutes of the disturbing, graphic video before convicting Graf of first-degree murder. The jury rejected the defense attorney’s argument that Graf’s actions weren’t premeditated and that Graf therefore should only be convicted of third-degree murder, a crime that carries a sentence of 20 to 40 years.