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Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Yahoo
She Shared Fantasy About Cutting Ex's Stomach ‘Upward to His Throat.' 2 Days Later, She Killed Her Boyfriend
A Florida woman who reportedly made threatening statements about wanting to kill her ex-boyfriend has been sentenced for later killing her live-in boyfriend. The victim, Tyler Kinnon Nulisch, 30, was killed by his girlfriend Brittany Nicole Holbrook in 2023 in their Monroe County, Fla., home in what Holbrook claimed was self-defense. Last month, the 35-year-old woman was found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm, per Keys News, Local 10 and Keys Weekly. On Friday, April 11, Holbrook was sentenced to 40 years in prison, per Keys News and Local 10. The investigation began on June 17, 2023 after the couple's roommate called 911 to report Nulisch was suffering from a gunshot wound, per Local 10, Keys News and The Miami Herald. When the roommate asked the victim what happened, Nulisch reportedly told him 'that b***h shot me in the back,' the outlets reported, citing police reports. Nulisch died after he was taken to the hospital. Holbrook initially claimed self-defense, but prosecutors would later claim in court she did not have any physical injuries to substantiate those claims, per Local 10. During the early stages of the investigation, a friend of Nulisch's alleged Holbrook had made claims of fantasizing about killing her ex-boyfriend just two days before Nulisch's murder. Jessica Stiegel, who was dating Nulisch's childhood friend, told FOX News Digital that she was out drinking with Holbrook when the conversation took place. Stiegel alleged Holbrook, who was getting increasingly drunk, said of her ex-boyfriend: 'I'm going to kill him and take a knife into his stomach and rip upward to his throat." "It was like she was describing gutting a deer,' Stiegel told FOX News Digital. It wasn't immediately clear if Holbrook mentioned anything to Stiegel about Nulisch in that conversation, but on the day of the murder, Nulisch was found with 'significant injuries to his face, head and neck,' Chief Assistant Monroe County State Attorney Joseph Mansfield told the Miami Herald. These were 'all evidence that she severely attacked him, not the other way around,' he told the outlet, adding: 'her claim of battered spouse syndrome was simply not supported by the evidence.' Mansfield's office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for confirmation about Stiegel's an online obituary posted after his death, Nulisch was remembered for his love for his dog and nature. 'His beautiful smile would fill you with love and his easy spirit would brighten your day,' read part of the tribute. 'He always said 6 inches of water on the bully boat and Chief by his side was his perfect day,' it added. 'He loved his annual hunting trips to Tennessee with his best of friends.' If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Read the original article on People
Miami Herald
27-02-2025
- Miami Herald
Jury convicts Keys woman who shot and killed boyfriend. Her strangle story didn't hold up
A jury convicted a Florida Keys woman of murdering her boyfriend inside the bedroom of their home, finding that she abused him prior to shooting him, despite her claim that he strangled her. The woman, Brittany Holbrook, 35, had claimed she was being battered by her 29-year-old boyfriend, Tyler Nulisch. But, prosecutors successfully argued that it was Nulisch who suffered physical abuse that early morning, July 17, 2023, prior to the shooting. '... Based on the autopsy report, Tyler, the victim, had significant injuries to his face, head and neck — all evidence that she severely attacked him, not the other way around,' Chief Assistant Monroe County State Attorney Joseph Mansfield told the Miami Herald. 'And her claim of battered spouse syndrome was simply not supported by the evidence.' Mansfield argued during trial that the motive behind the shooting was that the couple's nine-month relationship was dissolving. Nulisch was a commercial fisherman at the time of his death. The jury reached its verdict Monday. Holbrook faces 25 years to life when she's scheduled to be sentenced on April 11. She was represented by an attorney with the Monroe County Public Defender's Office. Public Defender Robert Lockwood declined to comment when reached Thursday. Night of drinking The bizarre case unfolded after a night of having some drinks at the Big Coppitt Key stilt home the couple lived in on Avenue F in with their roommate, 44-year-old Jordan Kinn. After all three went to bed, Kinn was awakened by Holbrook screaming. Kinn was in the living room, and when he ran upstairs, he found Holbrook cradling a profusely bleeding, but still alive, Nulisch on the floor, according to a Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrest form. Kinn called 911, telling the operator that his friend was 'in bad shape. He's hurt real bad,' according to the report. When deputies and detectives arrived around 3 a.m., they questioned Kinn. He said that Nulisch told him, 'that bitch shot me in the back.' Paramedics took Nulisch to Lower Keys Medical Center, where he died at 3:46 a.m., the arrest report states. He was shot in the lower back, according to the report. Cops found a 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun with a spent bullet casing on the floor of the room near the couple's bedroom. The gun belonged to Holbrook, who said she brought it with her when she moved from Stuart to the Keys nine months earlier. Holbrook at first told detectives that there was a 'gap in her memory,' according to the report. But, she changed her story later that morning, saying she woke up in bed to Nulisch strangling her, at times pushing her against the wall. The detective left for a few minutes and came back, and Holbrook's version of events changed slightly. This time, she told the detective she recalled Nulisch going to the bathroom and returning 'like he was a different person,' before attacking her, according to the report. The detective noted in his report that Holbrook had no marks on her neck 'of any kind.' She did, however, have bruises on her knuckles, and the autopsy report noted injuries to Nulisch's head and neck. During the trial, Holbrook testified that she was blacking out when Nulisch was attacking her. She grabbed the gun 'and just happened to shoot him in the back,' Mansfield said. 'I was very pleased that I was able to convince the jury that the evidence supported a different story from the one that she was telling,' Mansfield said. 'The story supported by the evidence was fact. Her story was not supported by the evidence, and it was fiction.'
