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Deanna Laney

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Murderer

The Resume

    (circa 1964- )
    Resides in New Chapel Hill, Texas
    Killed son Joshua, 8 (May 8, 2003)
    Killed son Luke, 6 (May 8, 2003)
    Attempted murder on son Aaron, 1 (May 8, 2003)
    Pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to double murder
    Blames God for her murder spree

Why she might be annoying:

    She is religious zealot.
    Her husband, Keith testified that the family was 'deeply religious.'
    Her brother-in-law is her Pentecostal Pastor Gary Bell, of Tyler's First Assembly of God church.
    She committed adultery with a co-worker but she and her husband worked it out (approx 1989).
    She claims God wanted her to kill them.
    When she tripped on a rock, she knew that was God telling her that a rock would be the weapon of choice.
    She pleaded insanity to save her own life (would a legitimately insane person really care about saving herself?).
    She killed her boys just prior to Mother's Day (May 11, 2003).
    She believed God suggested she either stab, stone or strangle her children.
    She claims that she and child murderer, Andrea Yates, were chosen by God to kill their children and be witnesses after the world ends.
    She took it as an omen when she saw her one year old playing with a toy spear. She remembered: 'I said `Boy, what are you doing over there?' And he turned around and he had a spear and I knew I was going to have to kill my boys.'
    She first bashed Aaron on the skull while he was sleeping in his crib. Aaron is now permanently disabled.
    She then smashed in the skulls of Luke and Joshua.
    Joshua fought back and got the worst beating, including scrapes and bruising.
    In the garden where she killed her two sons, were signs that read 'Mom's Love Grows Here' and 'Thank God for Mothers.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a stay-at-home mom.
    She home-schooled her children.
    She told a psychiatrist: 'I believed with all my heart that it was the Lord telling me that, but I couldn't figure out why.'
    She was eerily calm in her 911 call and said: 'I just killed my boys.'
    Five mental health experts agreed she is insane.
    Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
    She constantly cried during her trial.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 109 Votes: 61.47% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 120 Votes: 50.83% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 119 Votes: 53.78% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 179 Votes: 80.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 86.36% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 123 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 91 Votes: 72.53% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 194 Votes: 76.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 194 Votes: 74.74% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 298 Votes: 74.83% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 695 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 2042 Votes: 70.18% Annoying