Baytown murder suspect Jesse Dobbs stabbed teen girlfriend Kirsten Fritch 50+ times, police say

A Texas man accused of murdering his Baytown girlfriend stabbed her more than 50 times in a brutal triple slaying and told detectives he killed "not the real Kirsten but the fake Kirsten," according to court documents filed in Galveston County. less A Texas man accused of murdering his Baytown girlfriend stabbed her more than 50 times in a brutal triple slaying and told detectives he killed "not the real Kirsten but the fake Kirsten," according to court ... more Photo: Baytown Police Department Photo: Baytown Police Department Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Baytown murder suspect Jesse Dobbs stabbed teen girlfriend Kirsten Fritch 50+ times, police say 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

A Texas man accused of murdering his Baytown girlfriend stabbed her more than 50 times in a brutal triple slaying and told detectives he killed "not the real Kirsten but the fake Kirsten," according to court documents filed in Galveston County.

Jesse Dobbs - a 21-year-old with a history of domestic violence - is facing a murder charge for the death of his girlfriend, 16-year-old Kirsten Fritch.

The Livingston man is still considered a suspect in the slaying of Fritch's mother and sister, 37-year-old Cynthia Morris and 13-year-old Breanna Pavilicek.

THE CRIME: Mother, 13-year-old daughter shot to death

When police interviewed the accused man, he brazenly admitted to one of the killings, according to court records.

"Kirsten is dead, I killed her," he allegedly said. He went on to claim it was the "fake Kirsten" he killed.

The tragedy began to unfold in the early hours of Nov. 8. Around 2 a.m., a neighbor heard gunshots in the area of the Morris' Louise Street home in Baytown.

Just before 10:30 a.m., police arrived at the house to do a welfare check after Morris didn't show up for work and her family found they couldn't reach her.

THE ARREST: Person of interest held in Baytown double murder

When law enforcement entered the home, they found Morris and her younger daughter, apparently shot to death in the master bedroom.

Hours later, authorities put out an Amber Alert for Kirsten - who'd gone missing along with her boyfriend and the family car.

Around 10:30 a.m., a Texas City man spotted the couple in his apartment complex when Dobbs asked him for a cigarette.

Then around 8:30 p.m., Dobbs called an ex-girlfriend and asked her to take him to Louisiana so he could see his kids one last time.

GRUESOME FIND: Searchers find body of missing Baytown teen Kirsten Fritch

The woman called police, who found the phone number matched Shenanigan's bar in Texas City.

Initially, authorities picked him up at the bar - wet and shoeless - and held him on a resisting arrest charge. Police found the missing car at the apartment complex across the street.

Although Dobbs allegedly confessed when investigators showed up at the Texas City jail to question him, he apparently didn't offer information as to Kirsten's whereabouts.

After a two-day search, a rescue team found Kirsten's body in a field, 200 yards from Shenanigan's - and 400 yards from the complex where he'd been spotted asking for a cigarette.

THE CHARGES: Boyfriend charged with murder in brutal slaying of Baytown teen

The girl had a total of 53 to 60 stab wounds covering her face, neck and torso, as well as possible defensive wounds on her arms, the medical examiner later found.

The autopsy also found that the likely murder weapon would be a single-edge blade.

On Saturday, a search and recovery team found a backpack hidden under water in a drainage ditch near where Kirsten's body was found.

In it was a journal bearing Kirsten's name - and a single-blade knife wrapped in clothes detectives believe belonged to the teen.

On Tuesday, Dobbs was charged with murder and held on $500,000 bail.

"People are relieved, because that's the first thing you want to happen. It's a relief," said long-time family friend Audri-Annie Sweatt.

Assistant District Attorney Bill Reed said the Galveston County case does not have the elements for a capital murder charge.

But if Dobbs is charged in the two murders that occurred in Harris County, it could become a death penalty case, Reed added.

Police did not release any information as to a possible motive.

Just months before the killing, Dobbs was charged in a domestic violence case in Polk County, about 70 miles north of Baytown.

In May, he was convicted of the Class A misdemeanor and accepted a sentence of just over a month in jail.

In 2015, he agreed to a two-month sentence for another Class A misdemeanor, hindering a secured creditor.

A memorial service for Kirsten is scheduled for Thursday at Earthman Baytown Funeral Home, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. A funeral is slated for Friday afternoon at Second Baptist Church.