ALAMOSA, Colo.—The state mental hospital has asked a judge to grant more freedom to a woman accused of killing, dismembering and cannibalizing her former boyfriend.
The Colorado Mental Health Institute wants to grant conditional release to 54-year-old Jane Lynn Woodry. A judge has scheduled a Jan. 2 hearing on the request.
Woodry, who changed her name from Carolyn Gloria Blanton in 1999, 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 state hospital but had gradually won more freedom since then.
In 2005, Alamosa County District Judge Pattie Swift allowed her to move into an apartment off the state hospital campus in Pueblo.
Under conditional release, a patient would still have conditions that might include continued medication or other treatments, hospital spokeswoman Eunice Wolther said.
“Unlike prison—you know, your number’s up and you’re gone—we really keep a tab on our patients, and we have treatment teams out in the communities, and a lot of times they reside in the Pueblo area, and come back to the hospital for more treatment,” she said.
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Information from: Valley Courier,
