For two hours on April 5, authorities tried coaxing Shane Curry and his partner from the bedroom of their Stow, Massachusetts , home.
“Get the f*** out, you creeps,” the 20-year-old shouted back as officers banged on his locked door, trying to enter to carry out a wellbeing check, police said.
Stow Police Chief Michael Sallese had previously met Curry during a mental health crisis and, as he knocked on the door once more, this time, it creaked open.
Authorities found Curry curled up on a mattress next to his 17-year-old partner Nevaeh “River” Goddard – who he referred to as his “twin flame,” according to the indictment obtained by People .
But Goddard was lying motionless.
Officers pulled back a blanket that was covering their body and noticed “obvious signs of injury,” according to a statement released by the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office last Friday.
The teen was covered in bruises and stab wounds, and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the DA office’s statement.