Lisa Ann Millican, 13, was abducted from a shopping mall in Rome, Ga., in September 1982 by Judith Ann Neelley and her husband, Alvin Neelley. Judith Ann Neelley was later found guilty of the rape and murder of Lisa.
Lisa Ann Millican, 13, was abducted from a shopping mall in Rome, Ga., in September 1982 by Neelley and her husband, Alvin Neelley. Judith Ann Neelley was later found guilty of the rape and murder of Lisa. After years of fighting for a shot at freedom, Neelley was first set for a parole hearing in May 2018; but, her lawyer at the time said she wanted to waive the hearing.at the time, that she made the decision after “much prayer and discussions with my children.
“I’ve been prosecuting for 38 years,” former district attorney Mike O’Dell told the board. “I’ve probably prosecuted over 200 murder defendants. I have never prosecuted one other defendant who murdered for sheer sport. She loved killing.” Neelley was originally sentenced to death in Lisa’s death, but her sentence was commuted to life in prison by former Alabama Gov. Fob James before he left office in 1999.But the former governor’s order didn’t do what he planned, he said later. James’ order did not specify whether Neelley would be eligible for parole. The legislature changed state law in 2003 specifically to block Neelley from the possibility of parole, but a federal judge years later ruled that law unconstitutional.
In a crime that shocked Alabama almost 41 years ago, the couple held 13-year-old Lisa captive and brutalized her, according to court records, and Alvin Neelley raped the girl several times. Three days after the abduction, Judith Ann Neelley handcuffed Lisa to a tree at Little River Canyon in Alabama’s DeKalb County and used a needle and syringe to inject her repeatedly with drain cleaner. When that failed to kill the young girl, she shot her and pushed her body into the canyon.
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