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A Santa Fe woman who claims to have split personality disorder allegedly murdered her ex-girlfriend with a sword, authorities say.
Kiara McCulley, 20, has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly murdering ex-girlfriend Grace Jennings with a 3-foot sword in October, according to a report from the Santa Fe New Mexican. McCulley’s boyfriend, Isaac Apodaca, has also been charged with first-degree murder after officers found texts from Apodaca that reportedly seemed to encourage McCulley to attack the victim and later showed plans on how the two planned to clean up the “mess,” the outlet reported.
Lani McCulley, Kiara’s mother, told investigators that her daughter and Jennings had known each other since elementary school, though they had recently had a fight. McCulley indicated that she had no idea why Jennings was at Kiara’s home, the Santa Fe Mexican reported.
State District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer imposed conditions on Kiara McCulley that will prevent the 19-year-old — accused of killing a young Santa Fe woman in October with a sword — from calling her mother while being evaluated for competency.https://t.co/Kq0heNepe9
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Jennings was reportedly invited to stay at the home the night she was killed by Apodaca, which made McCulley angry. When talking to investigators, McCulley stated that she remembered all of them going to bed that night, but couldn’t recall what happened the following morning, the outlet stated. (RELATED: Man Who Allegedly Used Samurai Sword To Behead His Girlfriend Found Dead In A River)
“The next thing I remember is taking a shower. There’s a chunk missing … I’m so confused,” McCulley allegedly said.
McCulley told Detective Javier Vigil she believes she suffers from an undiagnosed dissociative identity disorder, more commonly known as a multiple personality disorder. She reportedly told Vigil that her personalities control her like a “video game,” the Santa Fe Mexican reported.
“Sometimes it feels like it’s getting shoved randomly or something, They’re playing your game, and you don’t know what the hell’s going on. Each memory kind of gets stored away, and whoever was playing gets to hold that, like, ‘I don’t want anyone else to see it,’” she reportedly told Vigil.
McCulley was not found competent enough to stand trial on Nov. 8 and was instead ordered to receive up to nine months of treatment at the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas, N.M. After 90 days of treatment, she will face another competency hearing, the outlet stated.
