Voney L. Greenhill Jr. sobbed as he appeared in court via video camera. "I'm responsible for my girlfriend's death," he cried. The comment was in response to a question by Criminal Magistrate Stephen Clase about Greenhill�s health.
Greenhill appeared to have trouble breathing and kept coughing and patting his chest. �So you�re upset,� Clase responded. �You�re not physically ill?�
He responded �no.�
Greenhill, 39, was charged on May 9, 2005 with aggravated battery and criminal confinement, Class B felonies; and reckless homicide, a Class C felony. Bond is set at $30,000 full cash.
�I don�t want to get out,� he cried.
�You don�t want out?� Clase inquired. �If you don�t have $30,000 in cash, your wish is granted.�
Greenhill is self-employed doing yard work. He lived in Alexandria with Tina Tomlinson. A friend of the couple, Sarah Gardzalla, told police that the two had a physical fight Saturday at their home. She left the room and when she returned, Greenhill was sitting on top of Tomlinson. Greenhill told her to get him some rope. She did.
Greenhill told police that the rope was long so he tied one end around Tomlinson�s left wrist, which was behind her back, and then stretched the other end around her neck and tied her right wrist behind her back, according to the probable cause affidavit. Gardzalla was supposed to cut her loose when she passed out.
By the time she did, Tomlinson was dead. The rope was too tight around her neck. An autopsy showed multiple injuries throughout her body including blunt force injury to the head and neck.
Police are familiar with Greenhill. He was arrested in 1998 for animal cruelty and neglect. When police arrived on allegations that he violated a protective order, they found 120 starving exotic animals from snakes and squirrels to roosters and hedgehogs. References | The Herald Bulletin |
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