[Ammi]

...the whole family was thought of as 'the embodiment of evil', not fitting into their 'nice Christian community' ..(and they are an odd family..)...and yeah, Steven burned the cat, which was an evil thing to do and as Josy said, he was already going to be convicted for the gun incident...maybe with the rape, they saw an opportunity to have him imprisoned for longer..?...the artist's impression/drawing of the rapist was then manipulated also to be Steven from his photograph, almost a tracing of it...so maybe all of it/both crimes more personal and ..(yes maybe them thinking that it had to be Steven..)...because who else would commit these evil acts other than this 'evil family'..