Brookey Lee West

Brookey Lee West, born Smith didn't have the easiest childhood. From absent to strung out parents who had their own rocky relationship. For a few years, she found peace at a youth home when her mother went to prison, but just two years later was back in the chaos. Ultimately her chaos led to mental health issues. She married numerous times until she found her scapegoat. Using him to help with financial fraud then killing him to get rid of the evidence. When she was tired of dealing with the tumultuous relationship with her mother, she killed her and stuffed her in a trash can. Locking her away until the odor brought the attention of police. Ultimately convicted of one murder, she is suspected in many more crimes. 

 

Sources: 

Witch. The true story of Las Vegas’s most notorious female killer. Gleen Puit. 2005

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nv-supreme-court/1047738.html

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/murderer-attempts-escape-from-womens-prison-in-north-las-vegas/

https://crimeprofiles.com/criminal/brookey-lee-west/

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/snapped-brookey-lee-west-convicted-of-killing-mom-christine-smith

https://thecinemaholic.com/christine-smith-brookey-lee-west/