Behind the highlight of police brutality and justice rallies in 2020, a really sinister crime occurred claiming the lifetime of a 70-year-old girl. The lady’s granddaughter was charged along with her killing and now, the choose has delivered a verdict figuring out her destiny.
Let’s rewind. Again in February of 2020, police stated they arrived at a “chaotic scene” after they responded to a house on the 8500 block of Noticed Deer in San Antonio. Police stated Octavian Jones was house preparing for work when his sister, Tamera Legal guidelines, walked in and apologized for one thing she’d carried out, per the San Antonio Specific-Information. Jones then walked into their grandmother’s room and located her, Dorris Ruth Novella, lifeless on the ground.
Police stories say Novella’s face was bloodied and practically unrecognizable. Following the post-mortem from the medical expert, police decided Legal guidelines choked, stabbed, and repeatedly struck Novella with a hammer leading to her demise, per KSAT’s report.
After being charged with Novella’s homicide, Legal guidelines insisted she was below psychological delusion through the time of the killing. She testified throughout trial that she grew to become hooked on methamphetamine whereas working as an escort which resulted in her listening to voices, per News4A.
“I might hear voices in my head telling me that individuals had been attempting to kill me. I used to be like, ‘I do know my grandma’s attempting to kill me.’ I used to be afraid that my grandma was going to do witchcraft on me,” she stated on the stand.
Moreover, she claimed throughout trial {that a} cellphone name along with her father moments earlier than the killing prompted her to commit the act as a result of he informed her she was going to “find yourself chopped up and despatched to him in a field by Monday.” She then testified that through the incident, she felt “the vitality” on her and believed she needed to “beat it out” of her grandmother.
Just a few medical consultants additionally testified, saying Legal guidelines exhibited proof of a degrading psychological state, per the stories. Nevertheless, prosecutors stated she was by no means reported to have any signs whereas in jail.
There have been much more suspicious findings that contradicted Legal guidelines’ madness argument. Consultants testified throughout her trial to discovering a robust odor of Pine-Sol coming from the room the place Novella was discovered, per the San Antonio Specific-Information. In addition they testified to discovering Legal guidelines’ DNA on a cleaner bottle discovered within the room. Prosecutors argued Legal guidelines was nicely conscious of what she did, utilizing the professional testimonies to counsel she tried to hide the crime scene, per the stories.
Legal guidelines waived her proper to a jury trial leaving her destiny as much as a choose. Friday, Feb. 28, the Bexar County choose discovered her responsible of homicide, per KSAT. Her sentencing will likely be scheduled at a later date.
Legal guidelines faces life in jail.