Opinions on Jasmine Richardson & Jeremy Steinke?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_family_murders

Jasmine Richardson was a 12-year-old girl who engaged in a relationship with a 23-year-old male, Jeremy Steinke, however, Jasmines family heavily disproved of her relationship with Steinke (due to the age-gap), and the family refused to let Jasmine and Steinke be with eachother, this led to them both committing a tragic act in 2006, but I was wondering, do you think this horrific event could have been prevented, if the two were allowed to be together?

I am not at all condoning what the two did, but my concern is that this was the result of the demonization of adult-minor relationships.

From Wikipedia:

"According to friends of Jasmine, her parents had grounded her for dating Steinke because of the age disparity. Her friends had also criticized their relationship."

"In the summer of 2005, Richardson and her friends began frequenting the Medicine Hat Mall, where they encountered a group of older goth kids; enraptured, they soon started hanging out with this group and modeling themselves after them—Jasmine included. Richardson's behavior soon deteriorated after that, with frequent rule-breaking such as repeatedly violating the school dress code in favor of unauthorized gothic attire, and being argumentative with her parents. Her social media profiles and the contents thereof were also of great concern to her family; she created numerous accounts on various social networking sites such as MySpace and Zorpia in which she falsified her age as being older than she actually was, posted inappropriate photos, claimed to be bisexual and Wiccan and drink alcohol, and indicated she possessed disturbing interests such as serial killers, scarification, and "kinky shit". On her profile, she listed American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and American industrial musician Marilyn Manson, among others, as her heroes."

It's clear Jasmine was a very troubled young girl, and I think being denied of love due to the age-gap was one of the final straws, which led to what happened on April 23rd 2006, Jasmine was released in 2016 after serving a 10-year sentence.