Ala. Killer Judith Ann Neelley 'Murdered for Sheer Sport' Along with Husband. She's Now Eligible for Parole

Alabama Department of Corrections.

The Alabama woman who a prosecutor said “murdered for sheer sport” in 1982 is up for parole next week.

Judith Ann Neelley, 59, was convicted four decades ago of abducting and murdering Lisa Ann Millican, a 13-year-old Georgia girl. Neelley will meet with the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles on May 25,AL.comreports. She waslast up for parolein May of 2018, and the parole board only debated for a minute before denying her release,AL. comreported at the time.

Neelley and her husband Alvin Neelley abducted Millican from a mall in Rome, Ga., and took her to a motel where the girl was repeatedly raped, injected with drain cleaner and shot in the head before being thrown into a canyon, theRome-News Tribunereports.

According to AL.com, at Neelley’s 2018 parole hearing, former district attorney Mike O’Dell spoke to the board.

“I’ve been prosecuting for 38 years,” he said. “I’ve probably prosecuted over 200 murder defendants. I have never prosecuted one other defendant who murdered for sheer sport. She loved killing.”

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The month after Millican’s death, Neelley approached a couple — John Hancock and Janice Chatman — and invited them to a party,Rome-News Tribunereports. When the couple accepted, the three met back up with Neelley’s husband. Neelley shot Hancock, but he survived to tell the story and lead police to the Neelleys.

source: people.com