Woman Condemned

While searching the newswires for a new story for The Woman Condemned, I noticed that several women had stabbed their boyfriends to death within the last two weeks. March of 2017 was bad for boyfriends apparently. 27-year-old Liz Ayala , of Binghamton, NY, was arrested for stabbing 26-year-old Gerrard Davis to death last week. They couple had a long history of domestic disputes where both have been the aggressor. Two children were found in the home when police arrived and found David bleeding profusely. He died later in the hospital. Liz is in jail awaiting trial for second degree murder. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Briann Lindsay , a 25 year old mother of three stabbed her boyfriend,  Christopher Johnson, 35, to death in their home, in front of the children. Briann had just had a baby 6 months earlier. He sister told the court that Briann had been treated for mental health issues all of her life and had just recently went off her meds to breastfeed her baby. He lawyer is claimi

Marlene Johnson is one of those women who are so obsessed with their men they go to unusual lengths to stay in his life, even when hes long gone. Marlene was married to Ervin Johnson but they had separated. Ervin worked at Tuscaro Yarns, as did another woman 62-year-old Shirley Goodnight Pierce. For reasons not yet discovered, Marlene Johnson decided the two were having an affair and took it upon herself to start a one-woman campaign of hate against Pierce. She stalked her, harassed her, attacked her and made her life a living hell for years. Restraining orders were filed over and over. Marlene was ordered to stay away from Shirley's home and place of employment. There is no evidence that suggests Shirley was having an affair with Ervin. Her own private investigators reported there was no reason to believe they were sleeping together but still she believed it. Johnson is accused of beating and stabbing Shirley Goodnight Pierce at her Kannapolis home on the morning of July 23

Not since the infamous case of Bonnie Heady in 1953 has Missouri killed a woman on death row. That may change with Ms. Pamela Hupp. She is charged with killing a disabled man to cover up her involvement in another murder in 2011 in Troy, MO. Prosecutors has said they intend to seek the death penalty. Hupp lured Louis R. Gumpenberger, 33, a gullible, brain damaged man, into her car by saying that she was a producer for NBC’s “Dateline” program, and was willing to pay $900 to $1,000 for him to help her re-enact a 911 call. She took him to her home, called 911 and then shot him multiple times as the operator hung on the line. Police arrived to Gumpenberger dead. Hupp told police he had jumped into her car in the driveway after being dropped off by a silver car and demanded she take him to the bank at knife point. She ran inside before he could get to her, grabbed her gun and shot him when he walked in. During preliminary investigation of the scene, police found a note in the victi