Laughing, Torture & Lies

this part of the story is covered for now Her father was a plumber and electrician as well as a preacher, her mother a housewife, and in high school she acquired the nickname Mean Nadine. details of the account remain covered until revealed Jim was a heavy drinker who beat her, breaking her leg more than once. In 1965, while they were drinking and arguing, she shot him with a .25-caliber gun; he later said he had deserved it. In 1966 a serious car accident left her unconscious for days and caused brain damage. The marriage lasted about eighteen years and ended in divorce.

By 1982 Nadine was 42 and living in Gans, Oklahoma. Greg, 18, was dating Theresa Baker Damas, 19, who lived in Nadine's house but was not allowed to eat meals with the family. Greg's ex-girlfriend was Cynthia 'Cindy' Bailey, 20, who had a five-year-old daughter called Brandy. Cindy and Greg had broken up. Rumours in the small town said Cindy meant to inform on Greg and his brother Hork, or to have Greg killed.

In the early hours of July 4, 1982, Nadine and Greg collected Theresa at 5.30 a.m., saying they were going boogieing. They drove to Gore, Oklahoma, and the Telequa Motel, where Cindy was staying with a man called Tommy McGowan. They persuaded Cindy to come with them. In the car Nadine confronted her about the rumours. Cindy denied them all. Nadine then put on a pair of black gloves and told Cindy she would never see Cherokee County again, before choking her for two to three minutes. Greg took Cindy's purse and found a paring knife inside. Nadine took the knife, stabbed Cindy in the neck and twisted the blade. Greg produced a gun from under his leg and told Cindy that he would have shot her without a thought if she had hurt his mother.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Nadine ordered Cindy to take a shower. Cindy begged Jim and his new wife Robin for help, saying she had been taken from a motel and stabbed in the neck. Nadine told her that it had gone too far and that saying anything to Jim or Robin would do no good. Cindy was made to sit in a recliner in the living room. Nadine asked Jim to take Cindy out to his 60-acre property to kill her; Jim said the creek was up and refused. She said the girl was going to have to die slowly. Cindy said she was pregnant and asked to be killed quickly. Jim was sick in the bathroom. Robin left, saying she had to return a borrowed car, and went to the Ringold house before going to the home of Gans police chief Vernon Barnes.

Nadine told Theresa to watch Cindy or she would be next. When Nadine told Cindy to put her sandals on, Cindy shook her head and sat back down. Nadine threw a pillow at her, then teased her with the gun, pointing it at her head and then at her stomach, laughing. She fired a shot into the recliner beside Cindy's head. Theresa, who had walked into the hallway, heard the shot and heard Greg ask whether Nadine had shot Cindy; Nadine said she had only scared her. Jim came out of the bathroom and Nadine pointed the gun at him and sent him back. Theresa then heard three more shots and saw Cindy's head move and Cindy fall to the floor, with Nadine standing over her holding the pistol. Nadine told Greg to reload. While he did so she jumped up and down on Cindy's neck, laughing. When Greg handed the gun back she fired two shots into the back of Cindy's head, then four more into her chest. In all Cindy was shot eight times, five of the wounds fatal, and she also had the knife wound in her neck and bruises on her neck and chin.

Jim came out and Nadine told him to get rid of the police chief. When Vernon Barnes arrived, Jim told him everything was fine and then got into the car and drove away with him. Nadine dragged Cindy's body into a bedroom and put the gun in her hand to make the death look like suicide. Nadine, Greg and Theresa then drove back to Gore and collected Tommy McGowan. this part of the story is covered for now

details of the account remain covered until revealed Theresa gave a full account, was granted immunity and became the state's main witness. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Monte Strout represented both mother and son despite the obvious conflict of interest. Nadine first told him that she had shot Cindy and that Greg had been in another part of the house. this part of the story is covered for now Nadine then testified that she had stabbed Cindy during a dispute and fired at her to keep her away, but had never meant to kill her, and the defence changed its story to accuse Theresa. details of the account remain covered until revealed The state alleged three aggravating factors, including that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

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the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Her last meal was barbecue ribs, onion rings, strawberry banana cake and cherry lemonade. In her last words she apologised to the families and asked them to forgive her. this part of the story is covered for now

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now In August 2014 a woman fled him to a domestic violence shelter in Tahlequah, and on October 9, 2014 he found her in Bozeman, Montana, where he held her against her will in an East Main Street motel until she called police on December 5. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it