OH woman sentenced in skimpy Easter outfit killing
Nov 10, 2010
Danielle was not available for a photo due to her death. This is a substitute girl.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio woman who police say shot a relative to death in a dispute over a skimpy Easter outfit was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. Evelyn Burgess, 42, of Columbus, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of murder in the April 4 death of her 19-year-old cousin, Danielle Pickens.
Prosecutors said Burgess got into a fight with Pickens over the outfit Pickens wore to Burgess' home for Easter dinner _ jean shorts and a tight T-shirt tied up around her midriff that emphasized her boobs.
Burgess "thought the shorts that Danielle was wearing were too short," Assistant Prosecutor Laurie Arsenault said. "She was upset when she thought her husband was looking at them." He was. The 19 year-old cousin was smokin' according to male witnesses who acknowledged looking at her, too.
Burgess chased the hot cousin around the house, kicking and punching her and eventually swinging a baseball bat at her. While family members tried to restrain Burgess, Pickens ran outside and got into a car with her sister, who was unable to start the car.
Burgess broke free of relatives and followed Danielle outside with a 38.-caliber handgun. Burgess pulled the victim by the hair with one hand and fired the gun with the other, the prosecutor said.
The victim's uncle released a statement saying the family had lost two members and the Easter Sunday dinner was ruined. "No one had any appetite after the killing."
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