Parole Board: You’re staying put
Omaima Nelson the woman who killed, chopped, ground, cooked and ate William Nelson, her husband, is going nowhere soon. Despite her telling the board she is a born again christian (who isn’t in prison) she was denied parole at a hearing at Central California Women’s Facility (my Alma Marta) in Chowchilla.
Chowchilla is a small non-descript town north-west of Fresno, famous for the audacious kidnapping of a bus load of school children, way back in 1976.
On Tuesday I blogged about meeting her in the early 90′s when I did an 18 month stretch at CCWF at Chowchilla. We were never bosom buddies, but nodded, fast walked around the track and small talked.
Present at the hearing was William Nelson’s 35-year-old daughter Margaret, as well as one of the original prosecutors at her trial, District Attorney Randy Pawloski. According to the LA Times, Margaret Nelson looked directly at the two commissioners present when she said: “I don’t know the adequate punishment for a murderer who doesn’t even leave a family a body to mourn over. But I do know you don’t let her out.”
Get me outta here, you gotta believe me I’m a changed woman.
Orange County Senior Deputy Dist. Atty. Randolph J. Pawloski described the crime scene as “literally a house of horrors. To enter in and see Mr. Nelson’s head in the freezer … his pelvic region thrown in bags with turkey, stuffing and the traditional accouterments.”
Demonstrating to the board how she struggled with William Nelson.
During the hearing she denied eating her husband, although she was convicted for it.
“What was your purpose in cooking him?” asked Commissioner Cynthia Fritz.
Nelson declined to answer.
“I am sorry for dismembering him,” she said.
Sadly for her, even her example of her “redemption” didn’t wash with the parole board. She pointed to the conjugal visits she had with a fella in his 70′s she married in prison.
“We had three-day conjugal visits. There were knives in the kitchen. He never felt threatened or endangered in any way. I loved him so much.”
The fella is now dead (she had nothing to do with it) so he wasn’t on hand to speak of his experience with her. Frankly he was probably only to happy to bang a compliant gal. Most men who seek out women in prison, especially those convicted of heinous crimes are a little creepy…. You would be surprised at the amount of birds in prison who pull sugar daddies and husbands while locked up. I must be doing something wrong.
In any case, her behaviour behind bars hasn’t been exemplary and she has chalked up a bunch of infractions, although her last one was in 2006. Records show she has had fights with inmates, battered a staffer, hidden contraband, stole, argued and “not being in compliance with grooming standards.” No way!
She also shows little remorse for her crime and had a history of being violence with past boy friends. Before she killed Bill Nelson, she was convicted of tying up and beating up a former boyfriend at gun point. Other convictions included hit and run, driving under the influence, shoplifting and driving without a license. She won’t be eligible for parole for another 15 years.
Exhibit A: Her letters of support
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Wow! I heard that place (Chowchilla) is the worst of the worst. You are far too kind to the US criminal justice system and the US in general.
I read an article about this crazy woman in the Orlando Sentinel yesterday and commented that she should have been committed to a state hospital for the criminally insane and never should have been placed in a regular prison. Yep – I will stick with that thought. She’s got a few screws loose.
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You know Vicky, things have changed since I was there. I got there a few years after it was built, so it was still very new and we had privilidges prisoners no longer have.
For example I was able to wear my own clothes except for when I had to go to work, when I had to wear state issued jeans and a baseball jersey. I did graphic arts for a while, then Data entry, but after I attempted to hit my supervisor (I was going for her throat), I ended up working in the kitchen.
Honestly if I wanted to prance around in stilettos I could but never did. Heck I would even order stuff from Victoria Secrets, had my own TV, Walkman and all the cassettes I wanted.
Every three months your family and friends could send you a “box” a package that weighed no more than 30 lbs. I received a box most months and how I got around it was by having them send it in the name of another inmate who wasn’t expecting a box. I’d pay them what they wanted which was usually a pair of sneakers, food, toiletries, whatever they wanted within reason. If they wanted money, I’d have my family send money to their prison account. Would also share the yummy goodies I received.
So sad that there are women behind bars who receive no visits, have nobody to phone and no visits, it was quite humbling for me realising how lucky I was to have people who cared.
I didn’t really see much violence and all in all I was left alone and made some friends, two I still keep in touch with. One of them lives in the UK.
It could have been worse, but nothing can compare to being at liberty.
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Let us all hear it -”it was his fault, because he has been beating me for 60 years”. Die in prison psycho
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I’d like to contact Omaima, I know what it’s like to be in jail and not have many cheerful messages.
I’ve been emailing editors for a week and no one will help me. Mistress Hackney, would you PLEASE help me???
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If what you say is true, you shouldn’t have a problem locating her….it’s very easy.
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