A well known and generous doctor, father to twelve children (three of the twelve are adopted), is devastated over the violent murder of his adopted daughter, by a younger adopted sibling.  The young woman was stabbed to death multiple times in front of other siblings in the kitchen of the family’s Washington Township, New Jersey home.
The alleged murderer, 17, is in police custody, charged with murder with a determination to be made by prosecutors within 30 days on whether or not to charge him as an adult.
The family is naturally – devastated – and grapples to understand what went so terribly wrong in what they describe as their “loving, close-knit family…..”

Teia Gallo, 20, the murder victim, according to close friends, had previously expressed her concerns with her adopted brother’s anger issues, and was making plans to move in to on-campus housing next year in an effort to distance herself from her brother’s aggression.
Travis had had difficulties at the local high school, and was being “homeschooled” with the District sending three teachers to the family home to help his complete his homework.