Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Dad sentenced to death for slitting his daughter's throat after horrific sexual torture
dailystar.co.ukNorth Carolina took just three hours to decide that a father deserved the death penalty after murdering his own daughter after subjecting her to 22 hours of vile torture.
Joshua Burgess, 35, was found guilty of strangling 15-year-old Zaria Burgess before cutting her throat in August 2019 at his home in Monroe, North Carolina.Burgess was also convicted of one count of statutory rape, three counts of statutory sex offence, and one count of first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to a statement from the Union County District Attorney's Office.The statement continued: ”This was truly an especially heinous, atrocious, and cruel killing of an innocent child.
This case was emotionally taxing for everyone involved. We continue to grieve with and pray for Zaria's mother”.Zaria, who lived with her mother, had been staying with Burgess for the weekend.Burgess, who was described by Sheriff Eddie Cathey as "the essence of evil”, walked into the Union County Sheriff's Office after the killing and made a full confession, telling deputies the girl's body was still at his house.“Once the dispatcher began inquiring about his name and searching for possible arrest warrants, Burgess told her she would not find his name and that he had just killed someone,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release at the time. “Burgess gave further details including the address where the victim was located as well as the victim’s identity.” For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. While Burgess’s motive remains unclear, investigating officers say the primary motives for the killing appeared to be lust and control.Burgess "stole Zaria from her friends,.
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