California woman who fatally stabbed boyfriend 108 times receives probation, community service

nypost.com ^ | Jan. 24, 2024 | Richard Pollina

[V_TWIN]

The California woman who was convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death 108 times during a “cannabis-induced psychosis” received a slap on the wrist Tuesday for the brutal killing.

Bryn Spejcher, 33, was sentenced to two years probation and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of killing her new boyfriend, Chad O’Melia, according to the Ventura County Star.

Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley ruled that Spejcher “had no control over her actions” when she entered into a psychotic episode and stabbed O’Melia, 26, 108 times in his Thousand Oaks apartment on May 28, 2018.

Experts for the prosecution and defense both found that the marijuana bong hit given to Spejcher threw the woman into the deadly psychotic episode.

[Vaduz]

The state is cannabis-induced psychosis for making weed legal.

You can see middle school kids using it.

[Bob434]

Aha- so now “it wasn’t me your honor, it was the drugs” is now a legitimate defence... Dope smokin bank robbers everywhere rejoicing!

[Bob434]

Depends on what the pot has been laced with.

[bk1000]

“Depends on what the pot has been laced with.“

Then the weed wasn’t actually the problem. This sounds like “bath salt” level crazy.

[Bob434]

Yep- There are some other really potent drugs too like angel dust- and some kind of ‘zombie drug’ that has crept into the us-

[Libloather]

Put the bong down and back away.