Unfortunately for 38 year old Emily Roth, her involvement in a "tight knit" group of partner swapping was the precursor for events that lead to her death. How responsible? I'll let you decide.
I couldn't find the article online from my local paper that details the event, but I'll do my best to summarize. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the 38 year old Roth was found stabbed in her pool last week, where she lost consciousness and drowned a few minutes later. Yesterday morning, Pittsburgh police arrested her 16 year old stepdaughter, Anna, who admitted to killing her stepmother after finding her in the pool with one of the men from her partner swapping parties. The catch? 16 year old Anna was also having an affair with the man, 41 year old Thomas McCormick, and acted out of jealous rage. McCormick was arrested for statuatory rape and is expected to be charged with helping to cover up the murder.
The article goes on to describe a young girl's curiosity as she found out about her parents extra-curricular activities. According to her statement, she followed her parents one night after she had heard heavy gossip regarding her parents partner swapping at school. She further described watching inside as her parents and other couples engaged in partner swapping, where partners engage in spouse swapping, specifically for the purposes of having sex. The rules were supposed to be simple. No affairs, no drugs, no personal information given(beyond names), and children are never to find out.
Not only did Anna find out, but she was drawn to the 41 year old McCormick, and began exchanging emails with him from the family's home computer, where she claimed to be a 19 year girl. McCormick denied knowing the girl's age, noting her to look much older then her 16 years, which in fairness, she does.
McCormick further broke the rules by meeting up with Anna after exchanging a series of emails, and they began a passionate affair. However, as stated earlier, McCormick was also having an affair with stepmother Emily, further violating the rules. Anna arrived home one night to find McCormick and Emily having sex in the family pool, and flew into a jealous rage. Grabbing a grilling prong, she viciously attacked her stepmother, stabbing her twice, where she proceeded to lose consciousness. McCormick then helped the "girl he loved" dispose of the body, stashing her in the woods nearby. After security tapes showed her and McCormick in the beginnings of a night of an affair outside of a local hotel, Anna broke down and admitted both the affair and the murder, claiming she flew into a jealous rage.
So how much of this can we blame on the sex parties? The rules were broken by McCormick, so in a perfect world, no one should have found out. But as is usually the case, none of these things go as planned. There are simply too many variables, in my eyes, to account for. As in this case, Mr. McCormick and stepmother Emily could have had all the sex they desired within the rules of the party. My belief is that it's never that simple, as some attachment is always formed through prolonged sexual relationships, within the rules or not. In this case, an attachment was obviously formed between Ms. Roth and Mr. McCormick, and an innocent sixteen year old transformed into a jealous killer as well. I know this is an aberration, as most stories or parties of this kind don't end in such extreme cases as murder. But can
these parties truly occur without any form of negative consequences?
The rest is simple. If the rules had been followed, Ms. Roth would likely still be alive today. This is more an indictment on the people involved rather then the nature of what they do, right? The rules specifically speak against the actions of Ms. Roth and Mr. McCormick, and definitively against the involvement in any shape or form of 16 year old Emily. So in essence, the fault lies with the people involved, not the recreational activities right? Harmless sexual adventures, correct?
Ill let you decide.
I couldn't find the article online from my local paper that details the event, but I'll do my best to summarize. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the 38 year old Roth was found stabbed in her pool last week, where she lost consciousness and drowned a few minutes later. Yesterday morning, Pittsburgh police arrested her 16 year old stepdaughter, Anna, who admitted to killing her stepmother after finding her in the pool with one of the men from her partner swapping parties. The catch? 16 year old Anna was also having an affair with the man, 41 year old Thomas McCormick, and acted out of jealous rage. McCormick was arrested for statuatory rape and is expected to be charged with helping to cover up the murder.
The article goes on to describe a young girl's curiosity as she found out about her parents extra-curricular activities. According to her statement, she followed her parents one night after she had heard heavy gossip regarding her parents partner swapping at school. She further described watching inside as her parents and other couples engaged in partner swapping, where partners engage in spouse swapping, specifically for the purposes of having sex. The rules were supposed to be simple. No affairs, no drugs, no personal information given(beyond names), and children are never to find out.
Not only did Anna find out, but she was drawn to the 41 year old McCormick, and began exchanging emails with him from the family's home computer, where she claimed to be a 19 year girl. McCormick denied knowing the girl's age, noting her to look much older then her 16 years, which in fairness, she does.
McCormick further broke the rules by meeting up with Anna after exchanging a series of emails, and they began a passionate affair. However, as stated earlier, McCormick was also having an affair with stepmother Emily, further violating the rules. Anna arrived home one night to find McCormick and Emily having sex in the family pool, and flew into a jealous rage. Grabbing a grilling prong, she viciously attacked her stepmother, stabbing her twice, where she proceeded to lose consciousness. McCormick then helped the "girl he loved" dispose of the body, stashing her in the woods nearby. After security tapes showed her and McCormick in the beginnings of a night of an affair outside of a local hotel, Anna broke down and admitted both the affair and the murder, claiming she flew into a jealous rage.
So how much of this can we blame on the sex parties? The rules were broken by McCormick, so in a perfect world, no one should have found out. But as is usually the case, none of these things go as planned. There are simply too many variables, in my eyes, to account for. As in this case, Mr. McCormick and stepmother Emily could have had all the sex they desired within the rules of the party. My belief is that it's never that simple, as some attachment is always formed through prolonged sexual relationships, within the rules or not. In this case, an attachment was obviously formed between Ms. Roth and Mr. McCormick, and an innocent sixteen year old transformed into a jealous killer as well. I know this is an aberration, as most stories or parties of this kind don't end in such extreme cases as murder. But can
these parties truly occur without any form of negative consequences?
The rest is simple. If the rules had been followed, Ms. Roth would likely still be alive today. This is more an indictment on the people involved rather then the nature of what they do, right? The rules specifically speak against the actions of Ms. Roth and Mr. McCormick, and definitively against the involvement in any shape or form of 16 year old Emily. So in essence, the fault lies with the people involved, not the recreational activities right? Harmless sexual adventures, correct?
Ill let you decide.