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Tacoma child killer was looking ‘to destroy human’

The Columbian
Published: April 26, 2011, 12:00am

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A police report recently made public reveals details about the killing of a 12-year-old Tacoma girl on the Fourth of July in 2007.

The News Tribune reports Terapon Adhahn gave an interview to FBI agents in 2008 at the Washington state Penitentiary. It was observed by a Tacoma detective whose report was made public as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Zina Linnik.

Adhahn told the FBI he grabbed the girl because he was upset that night at not being able to see his son and wanted to “destroy a human, cause pain.”

Adhahn is now serving a life sentence for killing Zina and raping two other girls.

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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com

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