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Woman mailed animal parts to rival
ST. LOUIS, (UPI) -- A Missouri woman who pleaded guilty to three counts of mailing a threatening communication admitted to mailing animal parts to a romantic rival.
St. Louis prosecutors said Jessica Bradshaw, 39, of Lincoln County, sent threatening notes and animal parts including a cow's tongue and the head of an opossum to a woman involved in a relationship with a Trenton, Ill., woman Bradshaw had developed feelings for, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday.
Bradshaw could face up to 16 months in prison for the felony counts, but defense attorney Yi Sun said Bradshaw will request a lighter sentence because of "diminished mental capacity" when she committed the crimes.
A psychiatric evaluation carried out earlier this year determined Bradshaw's feelings for the woman "took on an intensity that overwhelmed her rational thought."
ST. LOUIS, (UPI) -- A Missouri woman who pleaded guilty to three counts of mailing a threatening communication admitted to mailing animal parts to a romantic rival.
St. Louis prosecutors said Jessica Bradshaw, 39, of Lincoln County, sent threatening notes and animal parts including a cow's tongue and the head of an opossum to a woman involved in a relationship with a Trenton, Ill., woman Bradshaw had developed feelings for, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday.
Bradshaw could face up to 16 months in prison for the felony counts, but defense attorney Yi Sun said Bradshaw will request a lighter sentence because of "diminished mental capacity" when she committed the crimes.
A psychiatric evaluation carried out earlier this year determined Bradshaw's feelings for the woman "took on an intensity that overwhelmed her rational thought."
