I wasnt sure if this should go in literature or not so please move if need be.
Im sure everyone remembers last March when Brian Nichols went on a rampage here in Atlanta and killed so many people at and around the courthouse.
I know it totally captivated me for two days....I was at work when it happened and Dave and I were on our way out of town that afternoon for a weekend in the mtns. I remember all the way up there we were on the "look out" for the last known car he'd carjacked and the TV was on CNN the whole time we were at the cabin.
The apartment complex where he held his hostage Ashley Smith and subsequently surrendered to police is right down the street from our house.
Ashley's book comes out today....along with details that she gave him crystal meth while he was holding her.
Quote:
'Unlikely Angel' Gave Nichols Meth
Provided By: The Associated Press
Last Modified: 9/27/2005 9:42:12 AM
ATLANTA (AP) -- The woman who says suspected courthouse killer Brian Nichols held her hostage for hours says in a book out Tuesday that she gave him drugs while he held her captive at her apartment in Gwinnett County.
Ashley Smith, 27, drew national attention after she talked her way out of being held captive by Nichols and called police.
She shares details of the seven-hour ordeal in her book called "Unlikely Angel."
Smith writes that Nichols asked her for marijuana, but that she had only a small amount of crystal methamphetamine. She said she gave the drug to him but refused to take it with him.
She writes, "I was not going to die tonight and stand before God, having done a bunch of ice up my nose."
Smith will talk to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday about her book. She is scheduled to discuss the 272-page book Wednesday on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Nichols remains jailed in connection with the shooting rampage March 11 that began at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta and left four dead. Smith says she has not used drugs since she walked out of her apartment on March 12th after being held hostage.
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I dropped the soap in the shower this morning when I heard this. She gave someone who was already acting psychotically a drug that would jack him up even more?
I got the impression this woman was trying very hard to get her life together for she and her little girl....to find out she was a meth head and provided it to a murder really makes me think twice about my opinion of her.
"refused to die and stand before god with ice up her nose" something about this statement is really messing with my head
Does anyone plan on reading this?