The Cincinnati Enquirer
The suspect in the killing of a Bellevue woman once described himself as an abused child who committed evil and was "defiled by the devil." CP:Danny Chenot
Danny Chenot was trying to get out of prison on previous burglary charges when he wrote to a judge four years ago.
His pleas to Judge Douglas Stephens of Kenton Circuit Court didn't work. The judge denied him shock probation. He stayed behind bars until May.
Among the letter's other explanations for his criminal behavior: Living with his grandmother between the ages of 9 and 12, he was confused by all the attention and love she gave him. "I was not familiar with sitting down at a dinner table and eating with a family or even receiving a decent meal, of being tucked in bed and receiving a good-night kiss," he wrote.
He got hooked on drugs at 13, was in drug rehab at 15, then overdosed at 16. He went to a psychotherapist and took Zanax for his nerves. He broke up with a woman he'd been seeing for four years and tried to kill himself several times because he was distraught over losing the relationship. "My mind went blank and I just wasn't human anymore," he wrote.
