Ex-Homecoming Queen Sentenced For Dismemberment Torso Was Buried In Colburn; Head Dumped Off I-35

Tina Leja wept Tuesday as a judge sentenced her to 17 1/2 years in prison for her role in the murder and dismemberment of a St. Paul, Minn., man.

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.

Cause I'm a Blond -- Julie Brown

Because I'm blond, I don't have to think
I talk like a baby and I never pay for drinks
Don't have to worry about gettin' a man
If I keep this blond and I keep these tan

Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah

I see people working, it just makes me giggle
Cause I don't have to work, I just have to jiggle
Cause I'm blond, B-L-O-N-D
Cause I'm a blond, don't you wish you were me?

I never learned to read and I never learned to cook
Why should I bother when I look like I look?
I know lots of people are smarter than me
But I have this philosophy: SO WHAT?! *giggles*

Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah

I see girls without dates and I feel so sorry for 'em
Cause whenever I'm around, all the men ignore 'em
Cause I'm blond, nyah nyah nyah
Cause I'm a blond, nyah nyah nyah

They say to make it you need talent and ambition
Well I got a TV show, and this was my audition:
Umm, okay, what was it?
Okay, um, don't tell me... oh yeah, okay,
DUCK, MAGNUM, DUCK!
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah

I took an IQ test and I flunked it of course
I can't spell VW but I got a Porsche
Cause I'm a blond, B-L-I-N-D
Cause I'm a blond, don't you wish you were me?

I just wanna say that being chosen as this month's Miss August
Is like a compliment I'll remember for as long as I can.
Right now I'm a freshman in my 4th year at UCLA,
But my goal is to become a veterinarian cause I love children.
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
Cause we're a blond, yeah yeah yeah

Girls think I'm snotty and maybe it's true
With my hair and body, you would be too!
Cause I'm a blond, B-L... I don't know!
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah
Cause I'm a blond, yeah yeah yeah!

"Tina Leja...homecoming queen at Lake Holcombe High School in Wisconsin, became romantically involved with Smith while she was a guard at the Stillwater state prison".

Hmmm,just think,she could've gone to Washington D.C.,Worked for a Congressman,Worked at the Bureau of Prisons and Disappeared.I'm wondering which is the more positive action.Her going to Jail or her not Going to D.C.? </Sarcasm------- Murder.Dismemberment.Tossing it along the road.Digging a hole on her parents property.What is wrong w/ these people?I refuse to believe it's hereditary,it just can't be.

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