The friend's boyfriend, Joshua Torres, kidnapped Kimberly. He and two of his friends took her to a vacant house and held her for ransom. But they couldn't figure out how to leave a message on Kimberly's father's answering machine. When they got tired of waiting for the ransom money, they poured gasoline over Kimberly and burned her to death. Torres then killed one of his accomplices for fear the man would confess.
Torres is a fairly typical death-row inmate.
The typical fetus slated for abortion is eight weeks old. He is fully formed, with a beating heart and distinctly human brain waves. Although he is very active, his mother can't even feel him moving. The worst thing he can be accused of is sucking his thumb. Pro-choicers want to give Joshua Torres a trial, a defense attorney, and a string of appeals before even considering killing him.