Teenage girl who helped her boyfriend bludgeon her FATHER to death with a baseball bat is jailed for 25 years
- Ellen Friar, 17, is jailed for 25 years for her role in the murder of her father
- 50-year-old Aaron Friar was blundeoned to death while sleeping on his couch
- Gavin MacFarlane was jailed for life for wielding the baseball bat that killed Friar
- Friar’s attorney says the teenager was manipulated by an older boyfriend and claims the girl endured years of emotional and sexual abuse from her father
- However, because the case didn’t go to trial, that was never proven in court
A teenager has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for helping her boyfriend bludgeon her father to death as he slept on a couch.
Ellen Rose Friar, 17, pleaded guilty in January to an adult felony charge of conspiring to murder her father, Aaron Friar, alongside her then-19-year-old boyfriend.
Friar was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Medford, Oregan, during the early hours of the morning on October 2, 2017, and then had his body loaded into a car and dumped outside Eagle Point.
Ellen Rose Friar, 17, pleaded guilty in January to an adult felony charge of conspiring to murder her father, Aaron Friar, alongside her then-19-year-old boyfriend
Friar’s attorney says the teenager was manipulated by an older boyfriend and claims the girl endured years of emotional and sexual abuse from her father. However, because the case didn’t go to trial, that was never proven in court
Gavin MacFarlane, 21, was found guilty of homicide and sentenced to life in prison with a 25-year minimum last October.
Police say Friar, who was only 15-years-old at the time, planned the crime along with Macfarlane and 22-year-old Russell Pierce Jones II.
Friar’s attorney says the teenager was manipulated by an older boyfriend and claims the girl endured years of emotional and sexual abuse from her father, KDRV reports.
However, because the case didn’t go to trial, that was never proven in court.
Friar faced a judge for sentencing Tuesday. She read a letter to the court in which she said she can’t erase the past, but has found religion and forgiveness.
‘I’m not the same scared little girl I was over a year ago,’ said Friar. ‘I’ve seen all different kinds of people and now see humanity from a new, compassionate perspective.’
Russell Pierce Jones II is scheduled to be back in court in late April, but his case is pending his fitness to proceed.
MacFarlane was also charged with third-degree rape for having sex with Friar, a minor.
Speaking to the station KTVL, Utahna Stamper, a friend of Aaron Friar, described him as a generous man who was always willing to lend a helping hand with home repairs.
Friar will go to the juvenile facility until she is 25.
Then she will be transferred to the women’s correctional facility for the remainder of her sentence.