A Florida Woman Threatened to Slice Her Boyfriend ‘Like I'm Gutting a Deer,’ a Friend Claims. Now, She’s Accused of Killing Him.
A Florida woman accused of threatening to slice up her boyfriend like a deer is now under arrest for his murder, police said.
Brittany Holbrook, 33, was taken into custody following the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Tyler Nulisch in Key West, Fox News reported.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by the outlet, Holbrook went out with Jessica Stiegel, a friend of the victim, on June 15, two days before the deadly incident. According to Stiegel, Holbrook had several drinks and then allegedly told her: “I'm going to kill him and take a knife into his stomach and rip upward to his throat like I'm gutting a deer.”
Stiegel claimed Holbrook was “in love” with Nulisch and the two “seemed like the perfect couple” but her personality changed after she would drink, according to the affidavit.
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“She seemed so normal most of the time but when she drank, she'd become a monster and a switch would flip, and she'd start screaming and throwing things and hitting Tyler,” Stiegel said.
Around 3 a.m. on June 17, the couple’s roommate woke up to Holbrook screaming that she needed help. The roommate then found Nulisch in a pool of blood. When she asked what happened, a police report states Nulisch responded, “That b**** shot me in the back.”
He died from his injuries.
According to police, Holbrook changed her story, at first claiming she had a “gap” in her memory and later alleging Nulisch attacked her. Holbrook denied she shot her boyfriend.
Police arrested Holbrook on a count of premeditated murder and was being held on a $750,000 bond at the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
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