Teh One Who Knocks
09-18-2015, 11:40 AM
By Ashley Nerbovig - Billings Gazette
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The woman accused of killing a man in the Heights on Tuesday night says she strangled the man because he told her he wanted to die and she had wanted to try killing someone with her “bare hands.”
Lindsay April Haugen, 32, appeared in Yellowstone County Justice Court on Thursday and was charged with the deliberate homicide of Robert Glenn Mast, 25.
Mast was a transient whose family lives in South Florida, Yellowstone Deputy County Coroner Cliff Mahoney said. The cause of death has not yet been released.
Court documents say officers arrived at about 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Heights Domino’s parking lot on Main Street and found Haugen frantic and crying. Haugen had been attempting CPR on an unresponsive Mast in her car for 30 minutes, she told officers.
Mast was pronounced dead at the scene.
Haugen waived her Miranda rights and told officers she had killed Mast because he’d asked her to.
According to Haugen’s account, she and Mast had been dating since August, and they were traveling from Olympia, Wash., to North Dakota, but had stopped at a Billings Wal-Mart to eat some pizza and drink some wine.
The pair were sitting in the parking lot in Haugen’s car when Mast told her he wanted to die.
Haugen said if he was serious, she could make it happen. Mast told Haugen he was serious.
Haugen climbed into the back of the car and put her arm around Mast’s neck as he sat in the passenger seat. She described in detail the process of Mast’s death to officers and said at one point he began to foam at the mouth. According to charging documents, she said she held his mouth and nose shut for at least 20 minutes.
She said she then left the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Haugen told officers her next thought was to dump Mast’s body, but she went to the Domino’s parking lot instead and attempted CPR.
When Mast asked to die, Haugen saw her opportunity to kill someone with “her bare hands,” which is something she wanted to try, Haugen told detectives.
Justice of the Peace David Carter set Haugen’s bond at $400,000.
Penelope Strong, Haugen’s defense attorney, argued for a bond of $200,000 and said Haugen was a former military member who was honorably discharged. Haugen was stationed at Joint Base Fort Lewis-McChord and is originally from Portland, Ore., Strong said.
“We’re likely looking at an assisted suicide defense for Ms. Haugen,” Strong said.
Haugen’s 14-year-old son and mother still reside in Portland, Strong said.
The state requested bond in the amount of $500,000.
Carter set the bond at $400,000 and ordered Haugen to submit to GPS monitoring if she posts bond.
http://i.imgur.com/3eelKai.jpg
The woman accused of killing a man in the Heights on Tuesday night says she strangled the man because he told her he wanted to die and she had wanted to try killing someone with her “bare hands.”
Lindsay April Haugen, 32, appeared in Yellowstone County Justice Court on Thursday and was charged with the deliberate homicide of Robert Glenn Mast, 25.
Mast was a transient whose family lives in South Florida, Yellowstone Deputy County Coroner Cliff Mahoney said. The cause of death has not yet been released.
Court documents say officers arrived at about 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Heights Domino’s parking lot on Main Street and found Haugen frantic and crying. Haugen had been attempting CPR on an unresponsive Mast in her car for 30 minutes, she told officers.
Mast was pronounced dead at the scene.
Haugen waived her Miranda rights and told officers she had killed Mast because he’d asked her to.
According to Haugen’s account, she and Mast had been dating since August, and they were traveling from Olympia, Wash., to North Dakota, but had stopped at a Billings Wal-Mart to eat some pizza and drink some wine.
The pair were sitting in the parking lot in Haugen’s car when Mast told her he wanted to die.
Haugen said if he was serious, she could make it happen. Mast told Haugen he was serious.
Haugen climbed into the back of the car and put her arm around Mast’s neck as he sat in the passenger seat. She described in detail the process of Mast’s death to officers and said at one point he began to foam at the mouth. According to charging documents, she said she held his mouth and nose shut for at least 20 minutes.
She said she then left the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Haugen told officers her next thought was to dump Mast’s body, but she went to the Domino’s parking lot instead and attempted CPR.
When Mast asked to die, Haugen saw her opportunity to kill someone with “her bare hands,” which is something she wanted to try, Haugen told detectives.
Justice of the Peace David Carter set Haugen’s bond at $400,000.
Penelope Strong, Haugen’s defense attorney, argued for a bond of $200,000 and said Haugen was a former military member who was honorably discharged. Haugen was stationed at Joint Base Fort Lewis-McChord and is originally from Portland, Ore., Strong said.
“We’re likely looking at an assisted suicide defense for Ms. Haugen,” Strong said.
Haugen’s 14-year-old son and mother still reside in Portland, Strong said.
The state requested bond in the amount of $500,000.
Carter set the bond at $400,000 and ordered Haugen to submit to GPS monitoring if she posts bond.