Adopted daughter among 2 teen girls charged with murder of woman found butchered in Utah vacation rental

Two teenage girls including the adopted daughter of the victim were charged with murder after a woman was exposed stabbed to death inside a vacation rental in Utah nearly two weeks ago according to investigators The Washington City Police Department disclosed Abigael Paige Flanagan and Mihaela Gabriela Sorescu were charged with the murder of -year-old Andreea Mottram Police announced Flanagan also goes by the name Jay and Sorescu also goes by the name Bella Investigators reported Mottram was detected by house cleaners on March inside a Washington City rental property with over a dozen stab wounds to her upper body Washington County Attorney Eric Clarke informed FOX that Sorescu and Flanagan are being charged as adults with murder as well as car theft after allegedly taking Mottram's rented car back to California following the crime YOUNG AMERICAN TOURISTS' CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED AFTER THEY WERE IDENTIFIED 'MOTIONLESS' AT BEACH RESORT At this time there is probable cause to suspect that the victim was stabbed to death by Jay and or Bella and that both are criminally responsible according to new court documents obtained by FOX Police disclosed Mottram had traveled to Washington City from California and had been staying in the rental for three days prior to her body being determined Due to there being no signs of forced entry executives initially named both teens as persons of interest and maintained they were the last people to see Mottram alive When combing through the rental home detectives located phones in the toilet that representatives reported belonged to Sorescu and Flanagan according to documents along with an ID inside a purse Detectives announced the items appear to have been placed in the toilet and attempted to be flushed in an effort to conceal evidence and or delay apprehension according to the statement SUSPECT ACCUSED OF STABBING TEXAS MAN TIMES IDENTIFIED BY BLOODY SHOE PRINTInvestigators also located several knives inside the home including one in the sink that had been washed off but had trace amounts of blood according to court documents A pair of pants were also determined in the home with blood on both legs and a bloody imprint of a knife blade and were inferred to belong to Sorescu due to the size of the pants detectives wrote Sorescu is Mottram s adoptive daughter FOX first broadcasted Mottram traveled to Utah with Flanagan days before her death to visit her daughter who had been in a Washington County residential restoration facility for the past three years according to court documents Flanagan was previously in a facility but was in recent months taken out by her parents Sorescu's father recounted police that he had exposed his daughter's diary in which she had written how much she hated her mother and wrote that she wished to kill her in November according to court documents AMERICAN TOURIST UNVEILED 'BEATEN TO DEATH' AT -STAR HOTEL IN IRELAND FREQUENTED BY CELEBRITIES REPORTThe day before her body was discovered Mottram posted a selfie on her Facebook page captioned This is almost She also posted The trouble is you think you have time four days prior to her selfie The apprehension of both accused is a crucial step in the review the Washington City Police Department reported However the inspection group is at this time following up on several aspects of the development Again our sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of the victim of this senseless act of violence Sorescu and Flanagan were being held in the Dixie Area Detention Center in Washington County HAVE A NEWS TIP CLICK HEREMottram labeled herself as a Hospice social worker Romanian living a Californian life and mother in three special approaches according to her about-me section on her Facebook page She was also a co-founder of disability and refugee aid associations in the U S and Romania including the Chicago-based American Romanian Coalition for Human and Equal Rights according to the organization's Facebook page It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the loss of our beloved Andreea Mottram a fierce advocate a compassionate leader and a dear friend to so multiple within our group the group wrote Like a great number of of you we are still in shock at this heartbreaking news Andreea s dedication to justice equity and human rights was not just a mission it was the very essence of who she was