Billy Perkins: The Murder Of Billy Weaver's Murders

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Billy Weaver, a young man trying to make a way for himself in the world, was just murdered by a cruel landlady named Edna Perkins. Edna plotted and planned and waited for the right moment to feed unsuspecting Billy Weaver a cup of tea filled with cyanide. Many people are claiming that she was insane and had no idea what she was doing, but how then was she able to plan out every detail, knowing it was wrong, to kill poor Billy Weaver? Edna knew exactly what she was doing, and she did it again and again to the same type of prey, young gentlemen. She understood that she was killing these young men, and that they were dead, yet she still choose to continue with her actions. What crazy woman would be able to plan out, in such detail, a murder so cruel? Edna Perkins should be charged with first degree murder because she knew the difference from right and wrong, and had planned to murder Billy Weaver, Gregory Temple, and Christopher Mulholland as soon as she laid eyes on them, and she never looked back. First, Edna knew the difference between right and wrong without a doubt, and knew the consequences of her actions. According to the letter Billy wrote to his family before he died, which they never received, …show more content…

The definition of insanity is being in a state of being seriously mentally ill, and by the evidence provided, Edna is not insane. She may be a little different, but definitely not insane. Edna Perkins is a hunter who set a trap for her prey, lured them in with the promise of a nice, safe, affordable place to stay the night, and then killed and stuffed her trophy as a memorial to her hunt. Edna should be charged with first degree murder, and should live the rest of her life in prison for the murders of Billy Weaver, Gregory Temple, and Christopher

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