Woman, boyfriend beat her 56-year-old mother to death with barbell over $65,000 business dispute
27-year-old Ralph Keppler and his girlfriend Francesca Thiel have been charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of 56-year-old Theresa Thiel
A court heard that a former prison guard and corrections officer accused of beating his girlfriend's mother into a vegetative state laughed sadistically when he was told about his victim's condition.
27-year-old Ralph Keppler of Lyn Brook, Long Island, was initially charged with attempted murder and assault after he savagely beat girlfriend Francesca Thiel's mother, 56-year-old Theresa Kiel, with a barbell on the night of December 4, 2016.