Posted on 03/16/2005 1:00:41 PM PST by beyond the sea
ATLANTA - A girlfriend of courthouse killings suspect Brian Nichols gave birth to his child just three days before the rampage, and she said Nichols repeatedly told her that he wanted to be with the child.
The mother's statements and transcripts from Nichols' rape trial are the most specific suggestion of a possible motive for last week's shooting spree. Prosecutors have suggested Nichols was worried about being convicted at the trial, but have not revealed a detailed motive.
"I do know that he wanted to be with the baby. He did speak about it all the time," Sonya Meredith, the mother of the baby boy, told The Associated Press. She said Nichols made those statements in the days and weeks leading up to the shootings.
Nichols was on trial for a second time for allegedly raping and holding hostage an ex-girlfriend when he allegedly escaped and killed four people Friday.
It was in the middle of that retrial, on March 8, when Meredith, another girlfriend of Nichols, gave birth to their son.
"I wanted to have a healthy baby," Nichols testified during his first rape trial.
Nichols' first rape trial ended in a hung jury on Feb. 28, and the second one started last week.
The day after Meredith gave birth, jail officials found homemade knives in each of Nichols' shoes. The next day, Nichols allegedly went on the rampage.
Why give a flying freak about his motive?
Geeze, there are a lot of easier ways to see a baby.... The guy just flipped.
Excuse me, could you please make the title of this:
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Ga. Suspect's Child Born Days Earlier (Nichols/Atlanta)
thank you.
The plot weirdens.
That's one messed-up babydaddy!
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yes it does......
We are supposed to believe this vicious goon killed those people because he wanted to be with his baby? Give me a break.
The obvious way to get home quicker from your rape conviction is to kill four people. It all makes so much sense when you know all the details. </sarcasm>
Nichols baby ........... ping
lol..... I think. ;-)
God bless this child.
What a pathetic scene yesterday, as 10-plus armed, beefy guards surrounded Nichols in court! Atlanta still can't get its act together. A competent law enforcement organization could guarantee security with appropriate procedures and no more than two or three capable guards. What were all those guards there for, other than to stage a silly tableau to offset Friday's tragic debacle?
How much you want to bet that this is not the first baby Nichols has sired? How many "Baby's Mama"s of his are out there?
Soon ,very soon,someone will be on TV saying "The system failed this baby"
I can't take much more of this crap----let's hear from some of the families of the four dead victims instead of the loser's "girlfriend".
Gee, I wonder why he didn't at least try to see the baby while he was 'out'?
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Supposedly, this baby was the reason that the former girlfriend/rape victim made herself a "former girlfriend."
So he goes on a rampage and kills four people? Why the heck should we care?
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Any mention of the daughter he hasn't contacted for seven years?
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