A Colorado woman was convicted of murder after she and a stranger she met on a bus killed her boyfriend who was skeptical that she could land a job.
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AColoradowomanwasconvictedofmurderaftersheandastrangershemetonabuskilledherboyfriendwhoexpressedskepticismaboutherabilitytolandajob.
AshleyWhite,29,wasfoundguiltyofsecond-degreemurder,conspiracytocommitsecond-degreemurderandrobberyintheAugust2020deathofCodyDeLisa,28,the17thJudicialDistrictAttorney’sOfficesaidinapressrelease.
Thecouplehada“volatileandstrained”relationshipinthemonthsleadinguptothemurder,asDeLisaoftencriticizedWhiteforherstruggleswithfindingafull-timejob,whichcontributedtotensionbetweenthem,prosecutorssaid.
ProsecutorssaidWhiteexpressedresentmentoverherboyfriend’scriticism,evenwritinginherdiarythatsheregrettedevermeetingDeLisa.
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“HerfrustrationescalatedafteranincidentinwhichsheattemptedtodrownandburnDeLisa’scat,abehaviorthatraisedalarmsabouthermentalw