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Of the three people that Annika Deasy killed:

David McKay in 1974 was stabbed to death by Annika Deasy. One stab to the back and three more to the chest. This was a manslaughter because it was a plea bargain due to a lack of witnesses to prove the case. However, Annika Deasy told investigators in 1981 that it was a manslaughter because they couldn't believe that a woman would do it. Even her boyfriend who was at one time charged with the crime would not believe it.

Joe Torre was killed in 1981 in Stockton, California. Annika Deasy lured Joe Torre to a deserted area near a warehouse where she and her boyfriend planned to rob Joe Torre. Joe Torre was shot once in the back and once in the chest. Annika Deasy claimed that her boy friend at the time, Bob Cox, shot Torre. Cox told authorities that Deasy shot Torre. Since Cox later committed suicide, there is no independent evidence as to who actually pulled the trigger. There were people at a distance who discribe seeing a man in the are (other than Torre) but did not discribe the man as doing anything that looked like shooting anyone with a gun. They could not see Torre or Deasy from where they were.

Deasy admitted that she took the wallet from Torre and his money and credit cards after he was shot by whoever. She admits that she discarded his personal papers and photos as they drove to he connections house so she could purchase drugs.

They spent the night in San Francisco and then went to Lake County to find the home of Deasy's first husband. Deasy and Cox argued on the way according to both of their statements. They had a flat and Deasy walked away from the car as she was angry at Cox. Officer Richard Hellbush came upon the scene and stopped to see if they need help. According to Deasy when she distracted Officer Hellbush, Cox shot Hellbush in the back 4 times. According to Cox, while Hellbush was talking to him and Deasy was looking in her purse for identification, Deasy pulled out a gun and shot Hellbush in the back four times.

Deasy admits that it was her idea to drag Hellbush's body to a ditch to "buy them time." She also admits that it was her idea to take Hellbush's wallet. They also took his gun and his police car.

They then fled. Deasy describes flipping through the channels of the police radio to see if they had been discovered yet. They planned to carjack another innocent person but were found by the police first.

Deasy admitted that she had target practiced with the murder weapon on the day between the two murders because "If we were stopped on the highway, we were going for broke. We weren't going to go back to jail."

Cox crashed the patrol car during the chase and began a gun battle with police during which he was shot. Officers reported that Deasy may have pointed a gun at one of the officers during the gun battle. Deasy admits at one point searching for one of the guns in the grass after Cox was shot.

Deasy made statement to a cellmate in jail two weeks later that she was the one who shot Hellbush and that she wished that she could have killed more of the police officers as she hated them.

Murder during a robbery is first degree murder in California.

Annika Deasy was the leader in all that happened. She may have been the actual shooter in both murders. She was allowed to plead guilty to both murders for one sentence of 25 years to life.

Once in prison, Annika Deasy continued to use drugs and in 1989 tested positive for morphine (heroine metabolite) while in prison. She has had no rules violations in prison for the past seven years.