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Colo. Woman Kills Dad with Animal Tranquilizer, Encases Body in Concrete to Cover up Crime
People ^ | 8/22/2019 | Christine Pelisek

Posted on 08/22/2019 11:14:19 AM PDT by simpson96

A Colorado woman was sentenced to life in prison without parole earlier this week for poisoning her father with an animal tranquilizer and then covering his remains in concrete in a crawl space in their home.

Dayna Jennings, 45, was found guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with a human body in July for the poisoning death of her 69-year-old father William Mussack.

Mussack had been missing for a month before law enforcement discovered his decomposing body encased in a layer of concrete in the basement of their Federal Heights home in January 2018. His body was also covered with trash, household garbage and old photos, according to an Adams County District Attorney’s Office press release obtained by PEOPLE.

A coroner ruled that Mussack had been poisoned by acepromazine, an animal tranquilizer.

”Jennings repeatedly misled the family after they became concerned about Mussack, describing everyday routines as if things were fine,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Rhoda Pilmer said during the trial. “All the while, she was scheming about how to get rid of her father’s body. She researched the drug, ordered it, received it. All of those were opportunities to stop and ask herself, ‘Am I really going to poison my father?’”

Chief Deputy District Attorney Brett Martin said that after Jennings poisoned her father, she texted a friend: “Life is so different now I feel so much better.”

The case came to light on Dec. 28, 2017, when Mussack’s brother contacted police asking for a welfare check on his brother because he hadn’t heard from him since Dec. 5 and couldn’t reach him, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

When questioned by police at their home, Jennings allegedly said Mussack didn’t live there and that he had lost his phone, the affidavit states.

The next day,

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KEYWORDS: brettmartin; colorado; daynajennings; williammussack
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To: EinNYC

I’m guessing she has a long history of mental illness, though that’s no excuse for murder in my mind.


21 posted on 08/22/2019 12:46:09 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: EinNYC

NOT SICK.

EVIL.

Women who do bad things are evil people. Kind of how we define evil people, by their actions.


22 posted on 08/22/2019 12:53:04 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Puppage
That chick is missing a chromosome.

I was thinking maybe an extra one.

23 posted on 08/22/2019 1:15:05 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: simpson96

What a loser to kill her dad and winding up in prison for life. What a miserable, no good POC.


24 posted on 08/22/2019 1:22:43 PM PDT by tflabo (Prince of Peace, Lion of Righteousness)
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To: simpson96

Execute her! Hanging will do.


25 posted on 08/22/2019 1:59:36 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: Meatspace

Brilliant and funny post. Bump.


26 posted on 08/22/2019 2:09:00 PM PDT by upchuck (If democrats would stop shooting people gun violence would drop by 90% ~ h/t Mr K.)
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To: upchuck

Thanks.

I impressed myself with that one.


27 posted on 08/22/2019 2:44:08 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Steely Tom

Concrete’s great unless tou failed to allow room for the corpse to swell up...


28 posted on 08/22/2019 5:13:12 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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