20 y.o.gal found guilty of plotting & carrying out the murder of her mommy,at age 18,with help of boyfriend,in CA
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Over in California, a 20 year old gal named Amber Merrie Bray has been found
guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Police say that
Amber, together her boyfriend, planned out and executed the murder of Amber's
mother, a 43 year old executive at Warner Brothers.
Amber also allegedly plotted to kill her younger sister. She wanted them dead
because she was salivating over inheriting a lot of money, should her mommy
die, according to prosecutors. But evidence presented at trial shows that Amber
was ABUSED by her mother, and sought to kill for reasons of personal hate and
vengeance. She faces the possibility, dare I say likelihood, of getting a Life
prison sentence with no chance for parole, at sentencing in April.
Her 23 year old boyfriend still faces trial. He appears to have done most of
the actual killing, although Amber was on the scene and very possibly helped in
the murder by inflicting a few of the injuries. Mommy Dixie was shot, beaten,
AND stabbed, more than 24 times. As the jury read the guilty verdict to Amber
yesterday, she broke into tears in court. Too late, Amber. You should have
tried to win sympathy from the jury by shedding some crocodile tears during the
course of the trial, not after the actual verdict has been rendered.
In a written letter introduced at trial, Amber writes, to her boyfriend:
"What do you think of this? . . . someone breaks into the house and kills Amy
and mom. Have I snapped? Plotting murder and stuff . . . After years of abuse
I've had it."
This letter was written two months before the two of them carried out the
murder of Mommy Dixie. You see folks, trauma and abuse lead to rage and hate,
and a LEGITIMATE True Reality right to KILL. Amber felt this True Reality
right, within her emotional core. And I fully support her right to have
EMBRACED, rather than rejected, her true Reality right to ACT AGAINST her
enemy, the slaveowner to whom she was FORCED to live with and obey, for her
entire life.
This killing took place in January of 1996. So Amber was only 18 years old,
and perhaps as young as 17, when she wrote these words and convinced her
boyfriend to help her to wipe Mommy off the face of the earth.
As Mommy Dixie was being slaughters, Amber's younger sister woke up and saw
what was happening to her mom. She ran to the telephone to try and call 911.
That is when her older sister, good old Enraged Amber, jumped on top of her and
pulled the telephone cord out of the wall, to prevent the younger sister from
calling for help. Still, a neighbor who heard the gunshots did call police, and
they captured both Amber and boyfriend Jeffrey, right at the scene.
The younger sister was not seriously injured, but Mommy Dixie was dead as
doornail. So at least Amber did manage to exterminate her Parental Unit. No
word on where her dad was, so I assume this was most likely a single parent
household.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 2/5/98 online edition of The Los
Angeles Times newspaper:
Thursday, February 5, 1998
Woman, 20, Found Guilty of Mom's Murder
By ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, Times Staff Writer
PASADENA--A former high school honors student and cheerleader, accused of
plotting with her boyfriend to kill her mother for a $310,000 inheritance, was
found guilty Wednesday of conspiracy and first-degree murder.
Amber Merrie Bray, 20, could be sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole after a ten-man, two-woman jury convicted her on the
felony counts and two special circumstances allegations--lying in wait and
murder for financial gain.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 23 by Superior Court Judge Teri
Schwartz.
A second jury continued to weigh the case against Bray's boyfriend and
alleged accomplice, Jeffrey Glenn Ayers, 23. He was also charged with killing
Warner Bros. record executive Dixie Lee Hollier, 43, who was shot, beaten and
stabbed two dozen times in her home.
Bray, who wore a flowered, pale blue skirt and white sweater, burst into
tears when the verdicts were read.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Al MacKenzie, who did not seek the death penalty
against Bray or Ayers, also was silent. Bray defense counsel Joy Walenski said
she would not talk at all, saying she distrusts reporters.
A juror, who would not give his name, told reporters: "I've been a juror
on several murder trials, and its never easy . . . it's very emotional." He
called the case "rough, very rough."
During the case, MacKenzie argued that the couple intended to kill Hollier
and Amber Bray's younger sister, Amy, introducing several letters between Amber
and Ayres.
MacKenzie read one note to the jury entitled "Someday in November," that
Bray wrote to Ayers.
"What do you think of this? . . . someone breaks into the house and kills
Amy and mom," Bray wrote to Ayres two months before the slaying. She said the
money Hollier would leave behind would pay for a Riverside County house, sports
car and furniture.
"Have I snapped? Plotting murder and stuff . . . After years of abuse I've
had it,"
During the trial Bray's lawyer called those words "foolish and silly,"
reflecting "plans for the future," not a "plan to commit murder."
However, authorities told a different story.
About 5 a.m. on Jan. 16, 1996, several Burbank police officers testified,
they went to Hollier's home after neighbors heard gunshots. Through a window,
they saw a man straddling a body and thrusting his hands downward, they said.
When they entered, Ayers put his hands in the air and asked to surrender,
according to police testimony. "I'm responsible for what happened," they quoted
him as saying. "I'm fully aware of what I've done."
Hollier's body lay sprawled in the front hallway, with two gunshot wounds
to the head and pierced by more than two dozen stab wounds.
As police pieced the case together they discovered Ayers purchased a
five-shot revolver from a friend the night before the killing, prosecutors
said. It was the same gun used to shoot Hollier, police testified.
The morning of the killing, Amy Bray testified, she was awakened by two
loud bangs. After rushing to help her mother, Ayers yelled "she has to be
stopped," according to Amy's testimony.
Prosecutors contend Amy tried to call 911 but was thwarted by Amber, who
pulled the telephone cord out of the wall.
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> At the time I had been Amber's best friend for 8 yrs. Jeff was mine. As well as ex girlfriend of Jeff before she was. In fact they met on the ride in my car while I was dating him. We had all planned in getting a place togetherin the summer of 96'. There's more that went on before the murder than what was said here. Try to have a little bit of respect. Thank you.
The person who wrote the initial post was insensitive and misinformed.