A series of text messages between two British teenage lovers show in chilling detail how the relationship quickly led to the murder, according to a report.
Matthew Mason, 19, was found guilty last week of killing his 15-year-old lover, Alex Rodda, after Rodda exposed his relationship with Mason’s girlfriend, according to a report published in The Sun.
“You have to tell Matt the truth, because I already have it,” Rodda wrote in a text message.
Mason murdered the schoolboy in a remote stretch of forest on December 12 in Cheshire, near Manchester, in the northwest of the country.
The killer lured his lover under the “pretense of sexual activity” before hitting him with a “cold key” with a wrench, according to court documents.
Their six-week relationship was quickly triggered after Rodda, who was openly gay, threatened to expose Mason, who had a girlfriend and lived on a farm with his millionaire parents. Rodda also threatened to post sexually explicit photos on her social media account.