Criminal Case Summary: Guilty In Ditched

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Criminal case summary:
Murder 3 man, Ages 31, 56, and 48 (stabbed) and dumped in ditched. Attempted to murder 2 who were selected at random. Dennehy had two man accomplices. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.
Childhood History/ Up bring:
Left home at 16 and never went back; Said by mother that she was a sensible child while growing up, who would get extremely upset if even stepped on a worm. As a young girl she was very polite and loving (although according to other resports Dennehy was a manipulative person who liked to control every situation); After dating a man 5 years older than her, she suffered a drastically change: Skipping school, and experimenting with substance abuse.
Mother of 2 children from the 5 year relationship;
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She seemed to enjoy it. Allegedly: After killing her third victim, she phoned up a friend to sing the Britney Spears song “Oops... I Did It Again”- (Dixon,2013)
Kevin Lee (lover) killed by a stab wound to the heart, on March 29 2013, . Dennehy dressed his body black sequin and dumped his body. Lukasz Slaboszewski: March 19, 2013 & John Chapman: March 29 2013, stabbed them and dumped the bodies as well. Dennehy pleaded guilty to stabbing 2 more men whom survived. Dennehy’s specific target were males, allegations were that she didn’t want to kill a child or a woman with children. Her methods were stabbing victims in the heart. Convicted to life imprisonment with recommendation from judge “stating she should never be released”- (Vikgram, 2014 ). According to one of her accomplices, she killed nine man; To Dennehy killing seemed fun, another of her accomplices reported she used to say she wanted her fun and needed him to get it. Dennehy used to claim she had killer her father after many years of abuse; which is false, her father was alive and with no history of abuse or any criminal

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