(WHAS11) - It is a case that's left a small town grief stricken and looking for answers.
A 15-year-old girl is dead and her stepfather is now charged with her murder.
The crime happened in Rockport Indiana, which is in Spencer County.
One of Alexis Oesterle's friends says she lied to the media the other day when describing the 15-year-old.
She said Alexis loved everyone but now she's saying that's not true.
There was one person she didn't get along with; her stepfather now charged with her murder.
Facing the possibility of 65 years in prison, Ryan Shelby walked into the Spencer County courthouse calm and quiet.
Shelby was arraigned Thursday morning.
Police say he killed his 15-year-old stepdaughter, Alexis Oesterle.
Her body was found on her family's property. Police say her throat had been cut.
Janine Nieves was friends with Alexis. She showed up at the arraignment wearing a shirt with her friend’s picture.
She says Alexis and her stepfather didn't get along and that Alexis was always outspoken, maybe too much so.
“Thank God they got that little piece of crap, she hated him,” says Nieves.
Alexis’s grandfather says there was on-going abuse of the young baby Ryan Shelby had with Alexis's mother, Jessica and her grandfather says the teen knew about it all.
During Thursday’s arraignment, family and friends cried inside the courtroom while the suspect sat emotionless.
As he made his way back to the county jail, those who loved Alexis could only hold each other.
Ryan Shelby is being held without bond and will be back in court later this month.
