Lesbian lovers Vanessa Santiago and Patrice Culcleasure were taking a bubble bath together in Patrice's Brooklyn apart- ment when they started arguing over a man Vanessa was having a relationship with. According to police, Vanessa accused Patrice of trying to seduce the man away from her, and became so enraged that she slashed Patrice with a boxcutter, then used an electri- cal cord to strangle her to death. She then placed the body in a shopping cart, wheeled it to her Chrysler Sebring, asked a friend to help stuff it into the trunk, then drove to her father's home in Philadelphia, presumably leaving a trail of soap bubbles fluttering behind her.
March 2, 2003 5:47 AM
