An unhinged Lengthy Island teen charged with killing his ex-girlfriend in a botched murder-suicide was livid when she went off to varsity – and flew right into a rage when she dumped him, Suffolk County prosecutors mentioned Thursday.
“I’ve set my thoughts on leaving this place earlier than my 18th birthday,” accused killer Austin Lynch wrote in a chilling manifesto on his cellphone after 18-year-old Emily Finn ended their three-year highschool relationship.
“I f–king hate her.”
The disturbing new particulars got here as Lynch, who survived a self-inflicted gunshot to the face in the course of the Nov. 26 incident, wore inexperienced scrubs and bandages over a lot of his face as he was arraigned on a second-degree homicide cost.
Assistant District Legal professional Dena Rizopoulos mentioned Lynch went from obsessive to downright scary after Finn left for SUNY Oneonta then dumped him two weeks earlier than the homicide.
“The sufferer’s good friend described the two-week level when the defendant shifted to anger,” Rizopoulos advised the choose. “In a dialog the weekend earlier than the homicide, this defendant advised this good friend that he could be lifeless by Wednesday.”
Finn, a bubbly freshman and gifted ballet dancer, was dwelling for Thanksgiving break when she was confronted by Lynch.
Each graduated from Sayville Excessive Faculty in June after relationship for 3 years, however issues started to go bitter when Finn left for college, and Lynch stayed dwelling to enlist within the Marine Cops.
“Whereas the sufferer was away at college, the connection started to interrupt down,” Rizopoulos advised Decide Philip Golglas. “A number of associates of the sufferer, who additionally knew the defendant, described the defendant as turning into possessive, accusatory and overbearing.”
Lynch made at the very least two journeys to see Finn at her faculty, most not too long ago on Halloween, with the pair bickering fiercely.
Lastly, Finn had had sufficient and broke it off by cellphone, blocking her jilted ex on her cellphone and on-line accounts, Rizopoulos mentioned.
On Nov. 21, a tearful Lynch had a nasty spat with Lynch in a late-night cellphone name, with Lynch calling her “whore and different derogatory names,” the prosecutors mentioned.
“The sufferer got here dwelling for the Thanksgiving vacation and made plans to talk with the defendant on Wednesday, Nov. 26, to return some private gadgets and have a face-to-face dialog for closure,” Rizopoulos mentioned.
Exterior, Lynch’s mother and father have been cleansing out their scorching tub once they heard a gunshot from inside and rushed in to search out Finn lifeless with a shotgun wound to the pinnacle and their son on the bottom bleeding — and known as 911.
“The defendant was mendacity on the bottom bleeding from his face,” the prosecutor mentioned. “A portion of his nostril gave the impression to be lacking. A shotgun was discovered on the kitchen island.”
Rizopoulos mentioned Finn died clutching her automotive keys.
Police later discovered the accused killer’s iPhone in his bed room, the place his deranged ramblings have been discovered.
A coroner’s report decided she died from a close-contact wound on the base of her cranium.
Greater than a thousand mourners packed the Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Dwelling in West Sayville for her wake final week, many carrying pink – Finn’s favourite shade – to honor her reminiscence.
Suffolk County prosecutors had been ready for Lynch to get well sufficient to be arraigned on homicide prices within the cowardly slaying.
In court docket Thursday, the slain teen’s mom, Cliantha Finn, sobbed in the course of the proceedings, sitting between her son and husband in a pink sweater.
The accused killer was ordered held with out bail.
