Family of killer in yoga murder: Give her a chance for parole Specifically, Norwood sought to suppress statements made on March 12, 14, 16, and 18.3. Family and friends stood to describe the pain, anger, and despair theyve struggled with since learning the news of Jaynas murder March 12. 606, 628 (2005)) (some internal quotation marks omitted)). The same hallway had doors which led to the outside of the building, through which Norwood could have exited. He's described what it is, so let's move on from that, then. The prosecutor moved to a different line of questioning and did not return to the issue. The officers now believed that Brittany had organized the robbery and cut herself causing injuries to cover up the fact that she had brutally murdered her colleague Jayna. Morse is a Washington Post police reporter who covered the Lululemon murder as it unfolded in 2011, and he brings a journalists instincts to this moment-by-moment chronicle. Fri, October 14th 2011, 1:18 PM PDT. The factors considered include: [W]hen and where it occurred, how long it lasted, how many police were present, what the officers and the defendant said and did, the presence of actual physical restraint on the defendant or things equivalent to actual restraint such as drawn weapons or a guard stationed at the door, and whether the defendant was being questioned as a suspect or as a witness. [16] It was also the subject of a 2012 episode of Snapped,[17] a 2014 episode of Redrum[18] and a 2023 episode of Autopsy. A person who could commit such a crime stands very little chance of being rehabilitated, Greenberg said. Brittany Norwood and the Lululemon Murder: The Shocking Facts [2] She could hear someone moaning near the back of the store. Norwoods attorney, Douglas Wood, was not immediately available for comment. Police spoke to Brittany at the hospital on March 12. Detective Ruvin testified that at the end of the March 14 interview, he still viewed Norwood as a victim. Police describe Brittany Norwood interviews - The Washington Post March 12, 2011, was my familys Sept. 11, 2001, said Jaynas brother, Hugh. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. First, we observe that Officer O'Brien never offered any opinion, lay or expert, regarding the cause of Norwood's hand injury. The clash somehow escalated into a mind-numbing frenzy of violence during which Norwood bludgeoned, choked and stabbed her co-worker to death, using at least five different weapons and inflicting 331 separate wounds. Nothing will ever be the same.. Norwood told the detectives that she was sexually assaulted. Norwood and Murray were co-workers at the Bethesda Lululemon Athletica retail store. Norwood said she was deeply sorry for the March 11 crime, during which prosecutors say she cut, stabbed, and bludgeoned her co-worker Jayna Murray, 30, more than 330 times in downtown Bethesdas Lululemon shop. There was no theft as Brittany took the money out of the safe by herself to organize the theft, so it appeared that she and Jayna were both victims of the attack. [1] [7] While police initially treated Norwood as a victim, it soon became clear that the evidence did not support her account. BETHESDA, Md. Brittany Norwood, a 20-year-old student at the University of Houston, claims that her relationship with Arian Foster deteriorated after she told him that she was pregnant. [Officer O'Brien]: There was an approximately one to two inch laceration on her, on her hand that ran parallel to her thumb. Dr. Ripple further testified that Murray's injuries were caused by at least five weapons, including a wrench, a merchandising peg, a hammer, a box cutter, and an x-acto knife. You know, it all just came across as very calculated. Norwood arrived at approximately 5:00 p.m. with two of her siblings. He arrived at the paper in 2005, after reporting stops at the Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun and Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. So I don't find any Miranda violation on the 16th, you know, the bathroom, as [the prosecutor] pointed out, she got up and went to the bathroom. at 530 (internal quotations and citations omitted). 554, 569 (2001)). The detectives met with Norwood a third time on March 16, 2011. The requirements of Miranda only apply when a defendant is both (1) in custody; and (2) subject to interrogation. KPRC . Norwood said she returned to the store that night, even though she saw a police officer and two other people while moving the car but did not ask them for help, police have previously said. "[6][14], Police also found blood in Murray's car, which was identified at the trial as a mix of Norwood's blood and Murray's. Norwood told detectives that the attacker swore at her and called her a dirty slut and a racial epithet while sexually assaulting her. On March 17, Norwoods sister, Marissa Norwood, called Drewry and told him that Norwood had more to say, according to prosecutors. The officers took her in for questioning and asked her if she knew what Jaynas car looked like, but she told police she didnt. All About Second Oldest Paper in Texas- Victoria Story of 200 Old Journalism-Newark Advocate, A Complete Biography of German Goalkeeper Bernd Leno. Ladies and gentlemen, you just heard testimony from the witness as to how this particular type of injury struck him as to how he thinks it happened, you are instructed to disregard that conclusion. [A] ruling reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard will not be reversed simply because the appellate court would not have made the same ruling. Alexis v. State, 437 Md. Can we, again, approach just to put something on the record? 2. Then Murray's other brother, Dirk Murray, invoked the three Furies of Greek mythology, Dante's nine circles of hell, and the Old Testament story of Cain and Abel, telling the . "I don't think she wanted to put her family through this anymore," Wood added, saying that both families have lost a great deal. This isnt two clowns from out of town, as one local remarked. One of them attacked Norwoods co-worker, Jayna Murray, in the back of the store.