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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 10:49 PM
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"The thing that made me not feel so bad was, she was old,"


She mowed down a helpless, elderly woman while driving a van high on drugs, but a twisted Long Island teen still claimed to see a bright side to the horrific crash.

"The thing that made me not feel so bad was, she was old," hellcat Kayla Gerdes, 18, told investigators after she was busted for killing 69-year-old Rebecca Twine Wright as the retired doctor trimmed her lawn Tuesday, a source told The Post.

Gerdes, of Freeport, claimed to once be a model. And she was so self-absorbed in the hours after the wreck that she told cops interviewing her she wants "to see a newspaper of the news, to see what I look like."
Dennis ClarkGRUESOME: The body of retired doctor Rebecca Twine Wright lies covered by a white sheet behind a bush -- right next to the van that struck her, then smashed a hole in her Hempstead home.

Just moments after the crash on the tree-lined Hempstead block, the teen showed more concern about being late for a court date than she did for the woman whose broken body was crumpled on the ground, according to court documents.

Gerdes, who cops said was high on the powerful painkiller OxyContin, stepped from the wrecked vehicle and demanded that that a passer-by help her get to the courthouse.

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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 10:56 PM
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1. Wow... n/t
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:02 PM
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2. What a useless piece of work she is nt
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:02 PM
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3. What a useless piece of work she is nt
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:03 PM
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4. Is she a sorority girl?
Just wondering.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:04 PM
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5. Because ??
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:09 PM
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6. She is a high school student. nt
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:13 PM
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7. WTF? Are you fracken kidding me?
This retired dr was doing what she loved in her own yard and she is killed by this idiot.

Throw the damn book at her and may she never see the light of day from her jail cell.

May Dr. Rebecca Twine Wright RIP!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 11:47 PM
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8. Agreed
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