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Jan 5, 2009 10:13 am US/Mountain

Woman Accused Of Cannibalism 'Deeply Ashamed'

ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) ― An attorney for a woman accused of killing, dismembering and cannibalizing her ex-boyfriend says she's ashamed for doing a "horrible thing."

Jane Lynn Woodry was found not guilty by reason of insanity after the 1993 slaying of 51-year-old Peter Green of Alamosa.

She was committed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo but has gradually won more freedom since then. In 2005, she was allowed to move into an apartment off the state hospital campus in Pueblo.

Woodry, who changed her name from Carolyn Gloria Blanton in 1999, was in court last week seeking conditional release.

Alamosa County District Judge Pattie Swift did not say when she would issue a ruling.

Woodry's attorney, Bill Martinez, quoted Woodry as saying, "I'm deeply ashamed. The person who killed Peter Green is not me."

He said Woodry, now 54, hasn't suffered any manifestations of schizophrenia for years and is committed to her treatment. Authorities say they found marijuana with Woodry in 2006, but Martinez called that a "bump in the road."

Psychiatrist Elissa Ball, who has treated Woodry for a decade, recommended conditional release. She testified that Woodry can tell right from wrong and is unlikely to do anything violent if she stays on medication.

Ball said Woodry would still to get medication and her home would be subject to random searches if she gets conditional release.

Ball said she didn't anticipate recommending unconditional release for Woodry in the foreseeable future, if ever.

Prosecutors said Susan Adelman, a relative of the victim, would not object to the judge's eventual ruling as long as Woodry is monitored and does not have complete freedom to do whatever she wants if she is given conditional release.

Adelman's relationship to the victim wasn't immediately known.

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