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YUKON -- A 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend and teacher left with the man in an effort to save her friends and family from harm, the girl's family said.
Bailey Rian Thrasher, 16, was stabbed to death Saturday morning after she left her apartment with her shotgun-toting ex-boyfriend. The man, identified as Robert Paul Roberson, was shot and killed by Yukon police as he stabbed the girl inside a car.
Roberson, wearing a wig, kicked in the door of the teen's apartment and made everyone inside line up against the wall, said Melissa Stringer, Thrasher's aunt.
"If Bailey doesn't come with me, I'm killing her first; then I'll kill all of you," Stringer said she was told the gunman demanded. "If anyone calls 911, I'll kill you all."
Meanwhile, Thrasher was able to call 911 with a cell phone without the gunman knowing, Stringer said. She decided to leave her apartment with her ex-boyfriend, stating as she left, "He won't hurt me."
They got into a car that was not his, Stringer said. As they left the apartment, an officer spotted the car and followed. A chase ensued. It ended on Oklahma 152 in Mustang when an officer pushed the car off the road.
As officers approached the car, Roberson was stabbing Thrasher repeatedly, police said. He wouldn't stop, so officers fired several shots at him, killing him.
Thrasher died in the car before paramedics could arrive.
Several family members described her on Sunday as a hero who gave her life so her family and friends could live.
"This dwarfs most of your horror story plots," said Bailey's father, Darin Thrasher. "This dwarfs them. It's beyond stranger than fiction. It is an absolute horror story."
Darin Thrasher, owner of Sid's Diner in Yukon, said his daughter was just 13 years old when she met Roberson, who was a drill instructor at an alternative school in Yukon.
A romance began, and shortly thereafter, the two moved into an apartment together. Darin Thrasher knew better but said he thought the situation might benefit his daughter because Roberson didn't drink or do drugs and the father thought he would be a good example.
"I thought it would be a positive for her," he said. "Then I also thought the relationship would fizzle out and she would be done partying."
But Darin Thrasher said the relationship grew volatile and that Roberson threatened his daughter after she moved out of their apartment and into another with her sister.
"It was on his mind to massacre our entire family," he said. "That's how he controlled her, was with the daily and weekly threat that he would massacre the whole family."
Police then shot to death the 32-year-old man, who also was the teen's teacher.
YUKON (AP) -- A 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend and teacher left with the man in an effort to save her friends and family from harm, the girl's family said.
Bailey Rian Thrasher, 16, was stabbed to death Saturday morning after she left her apartment with her shotgun-toting ex-boyfriend.
The man, identified as Robert Paul Roberson, was shot and killed by police as he stabbed the girl in a car.
Roberson kicked in the apartment door and made everyone line up against a wall, said Melissa Stringer, Thrasher's aunt.
"If Bailey doesn't come with me, I'm killing her first; then I'll kill all of you," Stringer said she was told the gunman demanded. "If anyone calls 911, I'll kill you all."
Meanwhile, Thrasher was able to call 911 with a cell phone without the gunman knowing, Stringer said. She decided to leave with her ex-boyfriend, stating as she left, "He won't hurt me."
They got in a car that wasn't his, Stringer said. As they left the apartment, an officer spotted them, and a chase ensued. It ended on Oklahoma 152 in Mustang when a police car pushed the car off the road.
As officers approached the car, Roberson was stabbing Thrasher repeatedly, police said. He wouldn't stop, so officers fired several shots at him, killing him.
Thrasher died in the car before paramedics could arrive.
Several family members described her on Sunday as a hero who gave her life so her family and friends could live.
"This dwarfs most of your horror story plots," said Bailey's father, Darin Thrasher. "This dwarfs them. It's beyond stranger than fiction. It is an absolute horror story."
Darin Thrasher, who owns Sid's Diner in Yukon, said his daughter was just 13 when she met Roberson, a drill instructor at an alternative school in Yukon. A romance began, and shortly thereafter, the two moved in together.
Thrasher said he thought the situation might benefit his daughter because Roberson didn't drink or do drugs and would be a good example.
"I thought it would be a positive for her," he said. "Then I also thought the relationship would fizzle out and she would be done partying."
But Darin Thrasher said the relationship grew volatile and that Roberson threatened his daughter after she moved out.
"It was on his mind to massacre our entire family," he said. "That's how he controlled her, was with the daily and weekly threat that he would massacre the whole family."
