Posted on 09/27/2005 10:11:33 AM PDT by Stone Mountain
Hostage Gave Meth to Atlanta Fugitive
By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writer
September 27,2005 | ATLANTA -- The woman who says she gained the trust of suspected courthouse gunman Brian Nichols by talking about her faith in God discloses in a new book that she gave him methamphetamine during the hostage ordeal.
Ashley Smith did not share that detail with authorities after she talked her way out of captivity.
In her book, "Unlikely Angel," released Tuesday, Smith says Nichols had her bound on her bed with masking tape and an extension cord. She says he asked for marijuana, but she did not have any, and dug into her crystal methamphetamine stash instead.
Smith, who has been in a mental hospital and has flunked out of drug rehabilitation programs, says the seven-hour hostage ordeal led her to stop using drugs. She says she has not touched drugs since the night before she was taken hostage.
"If I did die, I wasn't going to heaven and say, `Oh, excuse me, God. Let me wipe my nose, because I just did some drugs before I got here,'" Smith told the Augusta Chronicle.
Police said Nichols took Smith hostage in her apartment March 11 after a shooting rampage at the Fulton County Courthouse. Nichols is accused of killing four people, including a judge.
Smith's 911 call to police when she was released led authorities to Nichols. She said she read him passages from author Rick Warren's "The Purpose-Driven Life" to gain his trust.
She was later bombarded with offers for books, movies and speaking engagements.
Financial details of the book have not been released, but she pledged to donate an undisclosed portion of the book's proceeds to a memorial fund for the victims.
© 2005 The Associated Press.
"That's silly".
I rest my case...Again.
Stop weaseling. Either you have proof that police knew right away that the lady gave her captor meth or you don't. Did they drug test him right away when they caught up with him? You don't know. You're just trying to change the subject because you know good and darned well you can't prove your little fantasy. Prove your baseless claim or shut up.
Lets see, he just brutally killed a judge, and several other people in the area. Why would he keep something as trivial as using drugs a secret after murdering people? There is no honor among thieves. No doubt he ratted her out on his first interview. Let me guess, you think this was an honorable guy right? Your a defense attorney. Do you think they searched that apartment? Well if you don't know, I'll tell you. After he was in custody, they searched every square inch of that place, looking for that relationship/connection and you can bet they found at bare minimum, traces of meth. I not only believe the suspect told them, I believe she did too when confronted.
And if it didn't happen the way I just described, they weren't doing their job. I am telling you, when they went in to that apartment, they found at minimum, traces of meth or obvious evidence of use. The gig was up almost immediately as far as the drug issue. Otherwise, they just didn't do their job.
I think they knew she was a methhead but wanted to sell the public on a feelgood story.
Agree.
Average rehab time for meth is 3-4 years. Not many get off that horrid stuff...and the chemicals in it literally eat the person alive.
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