Gainesville’s ABC affiliate reports:
Following a trial process, in which 37-year-old Neely Raye Pesognellie Petrie-Blanchard represented herself in her murder trial of 50-year-old Christopher Hallett, jurors deliberated on Friday, April 19, 2024, for roughly 30 minutes before finding Petrie-Blanchard guilty of Murder in the First-Degree with a Firearm.
Witnesses revealed that Petrie-Blanchard stated something to the effect of “You’re hurting my children,” before firing off additional shots. It was later learned that Petrie-Blanchard had enlisted the help of Christopher Hallett in a last attempt to regain custody of Petrie-Blanchard’s children.
Both Petrie-Blanchard and the victim were determined to be associated with and conducted activities consistent with the practices of the Sovereign Citizen movement, as well as the group QAnon.
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A QAnon believer has been sentenced to life in prison for the Q-inspired murder of her mentor — a case I covered in my book, Trust the Plan.
Making matters worse, her QAnon allies convinced her to fire her attorney and represent herself. https://t.co/mGI22bQ96u
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 22, 2024