By KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ
Tribune Staff Writer
A 16-year-old Great Falls boy "showed no remorse at all" when he told police he mowed down a female jogger with his Dodge Ram Charger so he could have sex with her corpse.
Daniel Lee Robbins, 762 33rd B Ave. N.E., was charged Wednesday with attempted deliberate homicide.
Patty Emanuel, 40, is listed in fair condition in the Benefis East ICU 24 hours after being struck from behind and dragged about 25 feet while she was running near the C.M. Russell High School tennis courts about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Emanuel was chosen at random on the spur of the moment, Great Falls police officer Doug Mahlum said.
The impact caused numerous severe fractions and other injuries Mahlum characterized as life-threatening.
Robbins, a CMR sophomore, was arrested at his home immediately after the incident.
"He said it gave him a sense of power to do this to her," Mahlum said, adding that it was the coldest interview he'd ever done with a suspect.
The 6-foot-3, 295-pound Robbins was calm and expressionless as he appeared with his distraught parents at a detention hearing Wednesday afternoon at the courthouse in a white T-shirt, black jeans and the mandatory wrist and ankle chains. He was represented by Cascade County Public Defender Lawrence LaFountain.
Justice of the Peace Sam Harris ordered Robbins held in the Cascade County juvenile detention center. A hearing on whether he will be tried as an adult must be held within 60 days.
If tried as an adult, Robbins faces 10 to 100 years or life in prison and a $50,000 fine. If tried in Youth Court, he can be imprisoned until he turns 18, then put on probation until he turns 21.
Robbins has no criminal history, Deputy Cascade County Attorney Gina Bishop said.
According to Mahlum, Robbins was driving a 15-year-old male friend home in his '77 Dodge Ram Charger when he spotted Emanuel at about 1400 2nd St. N.W.
He made a sexual comment and told the boy he was going to hit and kill her, toss her in the back and have sex with "her dead corpse," but the boy did not believe him, Mahlum said.
Robbins told Mahlum he tried twice to hit Emanuel, but decided against it because cars were in the area and he did not want to be seen.
He then said "watch this," drove the Dodge onto the sidewalk and struck her, Mahlum said.
The horrified passenger "freaked out," demanded Robbins take him to his nearby home, and once there immediately told his mother what happened. She called police about the same time neighbors near the scene were calling to report a woman had been hit, Mahlum said.
The boy told police Robbins was going home; they found him there and took him to the police station, where he was interviewed and arrested.
Robbin's parents said he had walked into the house as if nothing had happened, Mahlum said.
The 15-year-old passenger, a longtime friend of Robbins whom police declined to identify, will not be charged, Bishop said.
All I can say is I hope he's tried as an adult and Dead Chick Sexorzs = Teh no.
