20-Year-Old Boyfriend Allegedly Killed LGBT Teen - His 'Twin Flame' With A Sword Because Punching 'Wasn't Working'

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A 20-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing his “twin flame” to death.

In April, Stow Police Department officers arrived at Shane Curry’s home in Stow after his mother asked for a wellness check, according to an indictment obtained by People. When they arrived at the scene, Shane apparently refused to open the door to the bedroom he’d locked himself in. Police chief Michael Sallese was then called to the scene, as he reportedly had built a “good rapport” with Shane following a previous mental health incident, according to the indictment. When he arrived and knocked on the door, Shane told the cops to “get the f**k out,” calling them “creeps,” before ultimately opening the door “slightly.”

When he walked in the bedroom, Chief Sallese saw Shane lying on a mattress next to 17-year-old nonbinary teen Nevaeh Goddard, who used they/she pronouns. The two were under a blanket, which the officers pulled off to reveal Nevaeh lying lifeless with cuts and bruises covering their body. Poor Nevaeh was deceased.

Shane was detained and escorted out of the bedroom. He reportedly admitted to officers he and the LGBT teen — his significant other — had gotten into a “brawl-level argument” earlier, confessing at the time it was why the body was “so bruised up.” He further told cops that during the heat of the “brawl,” he had been “hitting” the teen — but it was “not working.” He recalled thinking:

“that’s not working, so ok, I have to knife [the victim].”

He then admitted he “stabbed” the teen with a sword multiple times, which was later found alongside a knife in Shane’s bedroom, according to the indictment. He called his own attack “horrifying,” and claimed he tried to die by suicide by cutting his arms before realizing his lover “was dead, dead.” He went on to call Nevaeh his “twin flame.”

How completely incomprehensible. What a tragedy.

During an autopsy, it was revealed that Nevaeh had sustained stab wounds to the neck, torso, liver, and arms. So brutal and gruesome. Shane was arraigned in Concord District Court on the following charges: assault and battery on a household or family member, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury.

He remained in police custody, and prosecutors hinted that further charges may be coming. And that’s what happened earlier this month.

Last Wednesday, Shane was arraigned once again, but this time in Middlesex Superior Court with his charges upgraded to murder, where Judge Patrick Haggan denied bail.

But here’s another shocker: nonprofit organization GLAAD has since revealed Nevaeh was missing for some time before cops found them dead in April! What?! Though the teen’s grandfather Michael Simmons revealed to WJAR shortly after Nevaeh’s death, he’d met Shane and the 20-year-old “promised to take care of” the teen. He also explained Nevaeh experienced a rough childhood after being born in prison and spending time in the care of Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families.

How awful! Nevaeh deserved better! You can visit a GoFundMe raising money for their funeral HERE.

Rest in peace.

[Images via Heather Coyne/GoFundMe]