What is Murder of Craig Sorger?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = Murder of Craig Sorger | location = [[Ephrata, Washington]], U.S. | date = {{start date and age|2003|02|15}} | type = Murder by [[Battery (crime)|Beating]] and [[Stabbing]] | weapons = A rock, knife and a tree branch | victim = Craig Martin Sorger | perpetrators = Evan Drake Savoie <br> Jake Lee Eakin | verdict = [[Guilt (law)|Guilty]] | convictions = '''Savoie:''' *[[First-degree murder]] (first trial) *[[Second-degree murder]] (second and final trial) '''Eakin:''' *Second-degree murder | motive = [[Thrill killing|Thrill]] }} '''Craig Martin Sorger''' (February 10, 1990 - February 15, 2003) was a 13-year-old American [[teenager]] who was tortured and murdered by his then-12-year-old [[Tweenager|tweenage]] friends '''Evan Drake Savoie''' (born October 22, 1990){{efn|Evan's mother made a Facebook post in 2022 wishing him a happy birthday.}} and '''Jake Lee Eakin''' (born November 14, 1990){{efn|In one of his Facebook accounts, he lists his birth date as on November 14, 1990.}} in [[Ephrata, Washington]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wright|first=Melodie|date=May 8, 2003|title=Justice and remembrance|pages=|work=Kitsap Sun|url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/05-08/142429_justice_and_remembrance.html|access-date=May 5, 2024}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == Murder == On the afternoon of February 15, 2003, Evan and Jake knocked on Craig's trailer's door and asked his mother if he could play with them. Craig convinced his mother to let him play with his friends and she decided to let him go. After that, they went to a nearby park and played for a while. After a few minutes, Evan asked Craig to touch the grass to see if it was wet and count to 10 and he did. While he was doing that, Evan grabbed a rock and threw it at Craig's neck. He then began to stab him with a knife at his head, neck, chest and torso. Jake joined in the attack, by beating Craig with a tree branch at his head and legs. They then left. Craig's best friend,