Posted on 03/22/2002 11:08:33 AM PST by chance33_98
POSTED: 5:22 p.m. EST March 19, 2002
UPDATED: 9:22 a.m. EST March 20, 2002
Leja told Hennepin County District Judge Thor Anderson she knew it was her fault that Bobbie Dee Holder died.
"I didn't anticipate for someone to get hurt or even lose their life the way Bobbie did, but I can't change it, as much as I want to," Leja said.
Three other people were convicted in Holder's death: Darnell Smith, 26, Chaka Love Smith, 18, and Andre Lamont Parker, 30. Parker was sentenced to four years on Monday. Chaka Smith was sentenced to 20 years Tuesday. Darnell Smith's conviction carried a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Leja, 27, of Woodbury, Minn., who was once homecoming queen at Lake Holcombe High School in Wisconsin, became romantically involved with Smith while she was a guard at the Stillwater state prison. She was fired for their relationship, which she continued after his release about two months before the killing.
Leja and Parker drove the body parts to the western Wisconsin town of Colburn, where they buried Holder's torso on property Leja's father owned. That was discovered July 8. Leja said they dumped his head and limbs south of Duluth off Interstate 35, but those parts have not been found.
A homecoming queen crime story that doesn't come from Texas.
the homecoming queen's got a gun."
Hooooo
It was homecoming night at my high school
Hooooo
Everyone was there, it was totally cool
Hooooo
I was real excited, I almost wet my jeans
Hooooo
'Cause my best friend Debbie was homecoming queen
She looked so pretty in pink chiffon, chiffon
Riding the float with her tiara on, tiara on
Holding this humongous bouquet in her hand, bouquet
She looked straight out of Disneyland
You know, like the Cinderella ride, I mean definitely an E ticket, E ticket
The crown was cheering, everyone was stoked, was stoked
I mean it was like the whole school was totally choked or something
The band was playing Evergreen
And all of a sudden somebody screamed
Look out! The homecoming queen's got a gun!
{Refrain}
Everybody run, the homecoming queen's got a gun
Everybody run, the homecoming queen has got a gun
Debbie's smiling and waving her gun
Picking off cheerleaders one by one
Oh Buffie's pompom just blew to bits
Oh no, Mitzie's head just did the splits
God, my best friend's on a shooting spree
Stop it, Debbie, you're embarrassing me
How could you do what you just did
Are you having a really bad period
{Refrain}
Stop Debbie, you're making a mess
Powder burns all over your dress
An hour later the cops arrived
By then the entire glee club had died, no big loss
You wouldn't believe what they brought to stop her
Tear gas, machine guns, even a chopper
"Throw down your gun and tiara and come out of the float"
Debbie didn't listen to what the cop said
She aimed and fired and now the math teacher's dead
Oh it's really sad but kind of a relief
I mean, we had this big test coming up next week
{Refrain}
Debbie's really having a blast
She's wasting half of the class
The cops fired a warning shot that blew her off the float
I tried to scream "duck" but it stuck in my throat
She hit the ground and did a flip, it was real acrobatic
But I was crying so hard I couldn't work my instamatic
I ran down to Debbie, I had to find out
What made her do it, why'd she freak out
I saw the bullet had got her right in the ear
I knew then the end was near
So I ran down and I said, in her good ear, "Debbie, why'd you do it?"
She raised her head, smiled, and said "I - I did it for Johnny."
Johnny? Well like who's Johnny? Answer me, Debbie, who's Johnny?
Does anybody here know Johnny? Are you Johnny? There was one guy named Johnny but he was a total geek, he always had food in his braces.
Answer me, Debbie, who's Johnny? Oh God this is like that movie Citizen Kane you know where you later find out Rosebud was a sled? But we'll never know who Johnny was because like she's dead.
Everybody run, the homecoming queen's got a gun
Everybody run, the homecoming queen has got a
Everybody run
Everybody run, the homecoming queen has got a
Man, I miss the DR. Demento show.
It sounds like she would be ok with it, if it had been done some other way-- meaning she's sorry she got caught.
I'm guessing black, not only because of the names but because the report didn't mention race.
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