Former Model Who Killed, Cooked & Ate Her Husband Seeks Parole
Sept. 30 2011, Published 1:45 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
A former model turned cannibal who killed her husband and then cooked and ate some of his body parts is scheduled to appear before a parole board next week after twenty years behind bars, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting.
Omaima Aree Nelson was sentenced to 27 years-to-life for the grisly 1991 murder of her husband, William E. Nelson, but is now seeking an early release, reported the Daily Pilot.
According to the Daily Pilot, the Orange County district attorney's office is opposing the move on the grounds that Nelson had a history of violence before the murder, and because her crime was so especially heinous.
"This is probably one of the most egregious mutilations we've ever had," said Senior Deputy District Attorney Randy Pawloski, who prosecuted the case. "It is one of the most gruesome and notorious crimes ever committed in Orange County."
The Egyptian-born model had only been married for a month when she abruptly ended the relationship over Thanksgiving weekend by killing her husband, who was three decades her senior, and then dismembering him in their Costa Mesa, California apartment.
After the gruesome holiday season slaying, Nelson, who was in her twenties at the tim