Growing up the only girl in her Phoenix household, Cristie Anne Tietje was often doted on by her four brothers.
But life would prove hard for Tietje. Years of struggle came to a brutal halt when the 30-year-old woman was killed in a grisly West Valley murder case in which her boyfriend stands accused.
“She was our princess,” said Tietje’s oldest sibling, Mike Tietje, 39. “She’s just the sweetest person you’d ever meet, even when she was in the rougher parts of society.”…