"She lured Neely into the apartment with the promise of sex".....

Typical.

And he followed without argument......

Also typical. =)

First and foremost, I find some generaln attitudes towards mental health very alarming indeed, especially the genetic/biological psychology attitude voiced by those as Athena. My grandmother was mentally ill. Seriously, dangerously mentally ill in the end. She had five children, none of which have mental illnesses, and there is no mental illness found among me or the others of my generation. My mother and aunts and uncles all have successful careers and healthy social lives. So, yeah, should we have all be screened? This kind of attitude is dangerous to say the least, it leads down a very dark and winding road. It could lead to such extreme selectivism that in a few generations time, if she a process became the norm, we'd find ourselves in a very sticky situation. Equally, there are those who are mentally 'diseased' and brilliant - such as artists, writers, philosophers, scientists - bipolar authors, and come on, nobody on earth can argue that Tesla was a normal human being. The idea of mental normalcy is very dangerous. Agreed, none of these people were a threat to anyone, with the possible exception of themselves. However, you'd need to be objective if you were to start screening, and with such issues there is never a clear enough line.

In any case, this woman makes my stomach turn. What a foul, evil, unspeakable human being. As someone pointed out, most mentally ill individuals wouldn't have been keeping going for days. In addition, attacks by the mentally ill on strangers get a massive amount of press, but are actually truely tiny in number in comparison to the attacks by mentally ill people on people they know - neighbours, friends, colleagues, even their milkman, but not the little old lady walking her dog. And actually, for that matter, staggeringly tiny compared to the amount of violant acts and murders commited by the general populace. Of course, when 1% of the population is schizophrenic, you can easily argue that one schizophrenic murder holds more weight than one nomal person doing likewise, but there's simply been no proven correlation. Drug and alcohol abuse, unfortunately correlated with some mental illnesses in a chicken and egg situation, are far, far more culpable.

Equally, it must be rememebred that there is a difference between mental issues which compromise the judgement and mental functioning of an individual - hallucinations, delusions and so forth - with emotional and social issues, which while rendering the subject a threat both to others and themselves, does not impair their reasoning and cognitive functioning in the same way in which a schizophrenic episode might, for example. Anti-social behaviour disorders and such. The person is aware of what they're doing, even aware of the implications, they're not off in airy fairy land or having an episode or anything. If there were any issue here, this fits the bill better than any schizophrenic theory. Also, living next to a young schizophrenic man for three years, I can promise you that unmedicated schizophrenics aren't the subtlest beings in creation. It's pretty damn obvious. Schizophrenia is also not the only mental illness where the subject might have dillusions of superiority, grandeur and the right to do as they please, as well as paranoia and so forth. Her case and attitude very much fits with antisocial behaviour disorder, a condition where the subject is often very aware of their acts.

My point is, it's wrong to dismiss this as the foul act of another comic-book blood-curdling maniac. This woman was human. Unfortunately. She was probably aware of what she was doing. She probably doesn't have any kind of significant impaired cognition. Some of the greatest evils are done by people who, in society's eyes, are 'mentally normal', so please don't dismiss this as the act of another nutcase. That sounded wrong. What I mean is, we all have to square with the fact that there are some mindnumbingly evil, sickening freaks in this world, no other answer. No past trauma, no hallucinations, no habit that drove them to it, just human nature and human evil. There's no real explanation, no cause, no predetermined fate, no illness, no gene which can be fully answerable. People do evil things. "Sane" people do evil things. I personally think this woman is sick and evil - and yes, she does deserve to be locked away. But not in a mental hospital. A regular prison, please. I mean, come on, playing the mental health card is the oldest trick in the book. She doesn't deserve any leniancy that an insanity plea would offer.

is she related to OJ Simpson? She sure does look like hum-- dont you think?

Dis bitch is crazy lawdy lawd, I need me some poak chops to get over dis one!

Dis bitch is crazy lawdy lawd, I need me some poak chops to get over dis one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KadvVzQIRu0

It just makes me sick to my stomach to think that this beastly monster could not only do this to another human being, but, for 3 days??.. Not to mention make him WATCH it??.. And the icing on the cake is she says he DESERVED it, and does not feel guilty.. Of course she's more than likely going to try the insanity plea since she says she takes meds and may have a mental illness.. She is DEFINITELY sick in the head.. No question about that, but, I still hope they seek the death penalty for this hideous woman.

Damn Thats one crazy ass bitch, she put a morror up and made him watch what she was doing.

In a jailhouse interview with 3TV's Marissa Wingate, a Phoenix woman admitted killing a man confined to a motorized wheelchair after torturing him for days because he was a "snitch." Angela Simpson, 33, told 3TV she promised Terry Neely sex and drugs in order to get him to come to her North Phoenix apartment. Once there, Simpson said she beat Simpson with a tire iron, hammered a nail into his head, pulled his teeth and strangled him with a television cord.

"You made him watch it through a mirror?" Wingate asked. "Yes, I did," Simpson replied calmly. "He needed to see what he deserved." Wingate describe Simpson as articulate and straightforward. When Wingate asked her why she killed Neely, the answer, to Simpson, seemed simple. "I don't want my children or the people I consider family to be in a place where there are snitches," she said. Neely lived in an assisted-living home not far from Simpson's apartment and often rode around in his motorized wheelchair. Simpson admitted that she barely knew Neely, but she did consider him a snitch. "He told on a righteous person years ago," she said. "He told me that."

I beat him to death. ... I killed him and cut him up," she said. "I believe informants and child molesters should be killed ... period," she said. Simpson said she was "kind of relieved" that police arrested her. She also said she takes medication and might be considered mentally ill. "I think something's wrong with the world that I live in, but, according to other people, yes, somethiing is wrong with me." Wingate asked Simpson if she felt guilty about Neely's death. "Guilty? For ridding the world of a snitch? No, I don't feel guilty," she answered.

http://www.azfamily.com//news/local/stories/pho...

<blockquote Maybe she should be gender tested?

HAHA!!.. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that..

This woman is beyond crazy.. She is pure evil.. Doing this to a disabled man is as bad as doing this to a child. (not that it's GOOD to do it to someone else.. just sayin).. I'm a believer in "the punishment should fit the crime". I don't understand why we as a society are so darn worried about how these sick fuckers are treated. Why do we have to treat them humanely? What was humane about the way they treated their victims? She tortured this man for 3 days. She should have all the things done to her that she did to him. If our system was set up for something like that, I guarantee you people would think twice about murdering someone.

Also, the degree to which some people are obsessed with the antisocial "stop snitching" mentality is revolting to me. While Angela is apparently dead serious, lots of people throw that "stop snitching" and "death to snitchers" shit around like it's nothing, totally cavalier about it. That always pissed me off to no end.

she is really interested in how the details of the crime are portrayed and appears visibly irritated when the details are wrong. (around minute 4:40-6:20) she seems offended, even, and thankful when she has the chance to tell her side of it; she bristles at the fact it’s assumed she had an accomplice.

according to what i can figure out–she abducted this guy with a promise of sex on Sunday Aug 2, tortured him in ways i wish i didn’t read the details of, for days. this interview comes like two weeks after that and she seems to be slighted that the way she killed him isn’t being talked about correctly?

it makes me sick.

she is mentally ill, no doubt. but her ability to protect the self is a higher-level function schizophrenics can’t just “bounce” back into, esp. after the trauma of what she admits she did paired with her pride in her crime–it feels off. i think she is paranoid, obvi troubled, but cannot push off what she did on “mental illness.” she knew exactly what she did and is in some ways, proud. i don’t like my gut feeling that this is true.

I actually think there's plenty of doubt as to whether or not she's mentally ill. Sociopaths aren't mentally ill and her attitude on the video screams, "sociopath" -- the torture, her relatively calm demeanor in discussing it, her insistence on having all the "details" correct and her strong desire to take full credit -- sociopath city.

I wish they had asked her what about someone snitching on child molesters. Maybe that is an exception for her?

Haha! Great one, MsM. Would love to hear her explain that one..

Why cant stuff like this happen to the people who actually deserve it?

Ugh, and the reporters' questions were a bit much. Im a pretty morbid curious person, but even I didnt care to know a lot of the things they asked.

Oh my god, "ridding the world of a snitch"?

"Im a little upset I wont be around to kill more snitches?"

And she has children???? She is nuts and evil at once. Just give her the dp already

i live in phoenix, and have worked as a clinician and case manager to folks diagnosed as seriously mentally ill for several years. my first year i was sent to meet a client that had just done a grisly murder--the countenance of that client compared to this lady are radically different.

she is really interested in how the details of the crime are portrayed and appears visibly irritated when the details are wrong. (around minute 4:40-6:20) she seems offended, even, and thankful when she has the chance to tell her side of it; she bristles at the fact it's assumed she had an accomplice.

according to what i can figure out--she abducted this guy with a promise of sex on Sunday Aug 2, tortured him in ways i wish i didn't read the details of, for days. this interview comes like two weeks after that and she seems to be slighted that the way she killed him isn't being talked about correctly?

it makes me sick.

she is mentally ill, no doubt. but her ability to protect the self is a higher-level function schizophrenics can't just "bounce" back into, esp. after the trauma of what she admits she did paired with her pride in her crime--it feels off. i think she is paranoid, obvi troubled, but cannot push off what she did on "mental illness." she knew exactly what she did and is in some ways, proud. i don't like my gut feeling that this is true.

i am really sad this happened in my community, even sadder that i live i a city so big that this story i had to stumble upon by chance on the Internet.

i am glad to see other people are affected by this too. gives me hope that our culture at large is not becoming apathetic and numbed to the atrocities of evil.

While I watched that video, it took every ounce of strength I had to not throw my computer across the room. What a sadistic and twisted bitch!!

As far as her having killed before, I highly doubt it. And I don't think she did this on her own, either. Bitch be crazy. Save the taxpayer$ a few bucks and put a bullet through her worthless skull.

I wish they had asked her what about someone snitching on child molesters. Maybe that is an exception for her?

"Horrified" doesn't even begin to cover my mindset right now. May every day of the rest of this bitch's life be filled with the pain that poor man endured at her hands.

In the interview she had with CNN she stated that she has killed before but would not elaborate saying they will soon find out. When asked if she had a mental problem, she stated she didn't believe she does but society does and she takes medication. She said she believes all child molesters and snitches should be killed. She described the things she did with a big f-ing grin on her face. When asked if she had anything to say she said, "Well finally" (to catching her on her numerous murders. Sick sadistic bitch!

Video of her admitting killing him and others is chilling.

Oh no? But I see your point…

Lured him to her apartment by promising him sex....let this be a lesson men if a jaged tooth pumpkin head evil grinning bitch invites you in for some free snatch remember it might be more than herpes you end up with.

roooooooooooooooooooooooooops. Bred

But we have to remember dogs, lions, and other animals were bred to be aggressive. Rottweilers, for example. (don’t get me wrong, they are me favorite breed) Animals have been bred for centuries for guarding, chasing, companionship,

Clever; however, humans were not bread.

Well, I don’t think I would be one to advocate removing a certain gene (what a whole ‘nother conversation) unless maybe it was a cancer gene, or addict gene. Again just maybe.

I would be more for: after an educated expert identified a person’s genes as deviant, find a way to prevent any criminal behavior by someone who is showing signs of serious mental impairment. ie: sanitarium? (Another whole different convo you can find under “sanitarium or prison” in the forums.)

I agree we are animals, something most humans do everything to forget. If we all remembered that we might be a little more humble. But we have to remember dogs, lions, and other animals were bred to be aggressive. Rottweilers, for example. (don’t get me wrong, they are me favorite breed) Animals have been bred for centuries for guarding, chasing, companionship, etc. Even curtain humans who think they are of “superior blood” freak out when a family member wants to mate with someone who isn’t of fine blood. Maybe we can’t identify the genes that make up a full bred *whatever*. We shy away from saying someone is of “bad blood” when we are always saying that Pit Bulls are bred for fighting. Then we have sayings such as “like father – like son”. What arrogant beings we are.

OK per my recent comments, this is a gal who is an intentional killer. Not a case for the nut house. Just a plain ‘ol would be serial killer

I am stunned by her blatant words in her interview. This is a woman to be afraid of. It makes wonder how she did in the others, if there were others.

BTW Athena: No I just click on the little boxes, but my fingers aren’t as nimble as the used to be…neither is my mind. Thank goodness for word! ne way, thanks for the fix I’ll try to learn to edit my posts soon enough.

Indeed. I’m a big fan of behavioral genetics. I can only hope that, one day, we’ll be able to identify and eliminate the genetic deviations that are responsible for such sociopathy.

Are you sure that's wise. Will we not change man, I mean what man is? If that gene is erased from all man, will we as humans not ever be the same? What would be next, the gene that causes an impairment? By taking steps like that makes us maybe, more perfect. Will we tend to be more alike than and cease as individuals?

Were animals. As animals we all have certain, like other animals, inate qualities built into us. Taking one away from all could change us forever. Just saying, I am sure there is good and bad in both.

So true. I can’t believe that ANYONE that could torture and dismember another living thing, including small animals, can be rehabilitated.

Indeed. I'm a big fan of behavioral genetics. I can only hope that, one day, we'll be able to identify and eliminate the genetic deviations that are responsible for such sociopathy.

Oh, and I fixed your fonts. I actually meant to quote you, but I hit the edit link instead. Figured since I was in there and all... Do you write the code manually? If so, the slashes go in the brackets of code that end the style, not those that begin it. :)

Holy fuckin' nutjobs, batman!
Watching this made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end!

http://www.azfamily.com/video/localnews-index.h...

*if the link asks you to register, just click the "no thanks" button and you'll be taken right to the video.

Absynthe,

In the video on CNN, she said she has killed before, but would not elaborate. And she smiled the whole time. She is creepy.

Messed up the fonts again! Damn!

I agree she should never be let back into civilization.

Not all mental illness can be corrected...

So true. I can't believe that ANYONE that could torture and dismember another living thing, including small animals, can be rehabilitated. I wish there a way to stop these types of people before they make their mistakes. But I guess we’ll have to settle for prison wards for now….

I also share you compassion for the mentally ill. Sometimes it’s just not their fault. They are victims of circumstance. Vietnam Vets with severe PTSD living on the streets are a good example. But I digress…

I bet that she has killed others before Mr. Neely.

Loony bin? Or jail? Wadya think?

Prisons have psyche wards. Best of both worlds. ;)

Seriously, though - this woman clearly needs to be separated, permanently, from the general populace. I have a great deal of compassion for the mentally ill who commit some heinous act only to realize what they've done in a moment of lucidity and wish for death; people who would obviously be good individuals if they could only get proper treatment/stay on their meds. But that doesn't appear to be the case with this one. Not all mental illness can be corrected... and to confess in exchange for a candy bar? Well, she's either so incredibly stupid it's dangerous, or she displays a level of hubris not seen on this site in god only knows how long. Either way, she needs to be locked up.

It’s too bad she didn’t have her teeth forcefully removed, her mouth is a hot mess.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe she should be gender tested?

Imagine what she would do for a klondike bar?

SHUT UP JURY lol

It's too bad she didn't have her teeth forcefully removed, her mouth is a hot mess.

I said:

Maybe drug crazy (paranoid much?)

Athena, you said:

I’d bet the farm that drugs were involved, Red. Perhaps a touch of mental disorder as well? Or maybe the mental disorder was caused by the drugs, i.e. amphetamine-induced psychosis of some sort. Either way, sane individuals don’t do this.

Again, we thinks alike ;)

It would be hard to say she was insane seein’ as how this went on for three fuckin days. A blip in time where someone rages and then is done might constitute an insanity plea. But this lady went on and on. Still maybe she did have something going on. I mean to tap a nail into his skull? That’s pretty insane. Loony bin? Or jail? Wadya think?