Man, 20, apologizes for murdering 81-year-old woman
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A visit to the home of an 81-year-old woman was never meant to end in her death, but it did.
"Things got out of hand real fast," said 20-year-old David Moses. "It was an accident."
Moses and 17-year-old Katila Nash were convicted this week of first-degree murder in the April 2010 beating death of Dorothy Session. The same jury that convicted the pair could not agree on a verdict for a third defendant, 19-year-old Angelique Nash, and a mistrial was declared.
Moses spoke to Eyewitness News in a jailhouse interview Thursday. He said that about an hour before his encounter with Session, he had smoked marijuana, but was unaware that it had been laced with the hallucinogenic drug commonly referred to as "KJ."
"I just felt like I was going to have an asthma attack or heart attack or something," said Moses.
Moses said he and the Nash sisters were trying to find a friend who lived in the area of Camino Sierra and Pacific streets. And he needed to use a phone.
The trio had gone door to door in the area, knocking on doors and asking for someone named either Mathew or Erica, said Moses. Then, they knocked on the Session's door. Moses claimed the elderly woman gave him and Katila Nash permission to enter her home while Angelique Nash waited outside.
Police had accused the trio of casing the neighborhood for a house to burglarize.
Moses said Session allowed him to use her phone and he called his uncle, but his uncle did not answer. Moses said he was not feeling well and then, at that moment, Session appeared.
"I just panicked. She went somewhere and then she just came out of the kitchen. And I struck her," said Moses.
Moses said he twice hit the elderly woman, and she later died as a result of blunt-force trauma to her head.
Police, once again, claimed the trio went to the home to burglarize it and unexpectedly found Session inside.
Moses said he regrets what happened, saying it was an accident.
"I send my condolences to the family, I just want to tell them that I'm sorry," said Moses.
"Things got out of hand real fast," said 20-year-old David Moses. "It was an accident."
Moses and 17-year-old Katila Nash were convicted this week of first-degree murder in the April 2010 beating death of Dorothy Session. The same jury that convicted the pair could not agree on a verdict for a third defendant, 19-year-old Angelique Nash, and a mistrial was declared.
Moses spoke to Eyewitness News in a jailhouse interview Thursday. He said that about an hour before his encounter with Session, he had smoked marijuana, but was unaware that it had been laced with the hallucinogenic drug commonly referred to as "KJ."
"I just felt like I was going to have an asthma attack or heart attack or something," said Moses.
Moses said he and the Nash sisters were trying to find a friend who lived in the area of Camino Sierra and Pacific streets. And he needed to use a phone.
The trio had gone door to door in the area, knocking on doors and asking for someone named either Mathew or Erica, said Moses. Then, they knocked on the Session's door. Moses claimed the elderly woman gave him and Katila Nash permission to enter her home while Angelique Nash waited outside.
Police had accused the trio of casing the neighborhood for a house to burglarize.
Moses said Session allowed him to use her phone and he called his uncle, but his uncle did not answer. Moses said he was not feeling well and then, at that moment, Session appeared.
"I just panicked. She went somewhere and then she just came out of the kitchen. And I struck her," said Moses.
Moses said he twice hit the elderly woman, and she later died as a result of blunt-force trauma to her head.
Police, once again, claimed the trio went to the home to burglarize it and unexpectedly found Session inside.
Moses said he regrets what happened, saying it was an accident.
"I send my condolences to the family, I just want to tell them that I'm sorry," said Moses.
His apology is a nice gesture, but the death penalty is still appropriate justice. I say fry the little bastard without delay.
How can something get "out of control" with an 81 year old lady?
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It's not like she could do a lot to defend herself.
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This sounds like more whining from someone who got caught, and now wants a break.
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Grow a pair and deal with the repercussions of what you have done.
if it wasnt premeditated then why was the 2nd female waiting outside as a look-out .... so sick of these bullshit little punks .. and their stupid parents .
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This piece of excrement is ONLY sorry he was caught.  I seriously wish we had a justice system that would hand down punishments that reflect the heinous nature of the crimes.  In other words, this low-life needs to be beaten to death and save the taxpayers money on sending him to prison.
often criminal kill people when they get caught it always not there fault, they always have some excuses, and they don't think society should punish them hard,
 Sorry? Sorry that you got CAUGHT!!!! You've got nothing but wimpy excuses, you scum!
FYI a teardreop also mean that they have lost a loved one doesnt always mean thatt!
 @liz661True, but likely in this case? The teardrop is also a well known gang sign. This guy might be a rotten to the core gang banger, or he might just be a rotten to the core wannabe gang banger. Either way, he's rotten to the core.
The only "accident" here, was that they were caught. Thugs doing drugs and making excuses.
Chain him to death. Stupid !@#$%^!
FYI the teardrop tattoo below his eye is what murderers get in prison when they have killed someone (one teardrop for each murder). Remorse? Not remorseful enough to avoid bragging about it every day of his life with that tatt.
what is kj? sounds like something not to mess with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJÂ At least he apologized but its too late for that old lady. Very tragic now she is dead and these kids lives are ruined, for what?
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 @John Delmos These kids have already had ruined lives. Their parents are typical !@#$%^ ! that have raised them in a generational cycle.
 @quest  @John Delmos How would you know anything about their parents? I've seen people from good homes end up in prison. The male in this case is an adult (20 y.o.) and one of the females is also an adult (depending on state law, so is the other). At some point, young people have to be accountable for themselves, parents aren't ALWAYS to blame for their kids' indiscretions.
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The parenting and upbringing is usually the first line of defense. There are always exceptions. RGB, Phd, you have done thesisâ Iâm sure to earn your degree, so you have seen that most of the inmates in prison come from broken homes, Most inmates (you have those exact figures) were abused physically and sexually.  Most claim to be innocent.
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There is no excuse for what they did. Those âkidsâ are not kids anymore. Their crime is not âkid stuffâ Those âkidsâ were on the  âjuvenile  systemâ.  They have other indiscretions; other priors.
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But this is their ultimate indiscretion. They took a life in the process of breaking-in so that they can have sex with that scarecrow cousin of theirs. They took no articles except for the life of that poor woman who had to âseeâ that.
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Which leaves me to wonder, where did they get such a notion? At the first line of defense? Â In âjuvieâ? Â Where they got the notion does not matter now. They need to be caged up like wild animals, because like wild animals they will kill again.
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