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11-YEAR-OLD DIED DURING RAPE

Norwich Man Gets 4 Years

In Covering Up Girl's Murder

By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Jacelyn O'Connor

NORWICH – When arrested after the slaying of Jacelyn O'Connor, 11, James Brower told police, "Just kill me."

Instead, Brower, accused of helping his boyfriend Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding rape and kill the Morris girl, will serve a maximum of four and half years after pleading guilty Friday to a felony count of first-degree hindering prosecution in Chenango County Court.

According to reports, he could serve as little at 18 months.

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