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Woman Murders Boyfriend After Dispute Over Her New Job

by DD Staff

February 03, 2025

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According to local authorities, a Colorado lady tried to burn and drown her boyfriend's cat and plotted to kill him.

Following a three-week trial last month, Ashley White, 29, was found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, and robbery in connection with the 2020 shooting death of Cody DeLisa, 28.

The 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office stated in a news release last week that the couple's relationship had been tense and unstable in the months preceding the murder.

White was chastised by DeLisa for failing to secure a full-time job. Prosecutors said that their disagreements caused friction in their relationship. In her journal, White expressed her regret at never having met DeLisa.

People started to worry about her mental health before he passed away since she tried drowning the man's cat out of frustration.

After attempting to drown and burn DeLisa's cat, which raised concerns about her mental health, her rage reached a new level.

She went to a job interview in Denver in 2020. She took the bus home after being driven to the city by a neighbor. She was angry when she contacted DeLisa about her experience and he replied that he didn't think she would get the job.

On the bus, White reportedly met a man named who identified himself as “Scott.” He asked if White was in a relationship and whether her partner had raped her. When she responded he had, he said they should kill him. The man had a firearm on him at the time, the release states.

He and White got off the bus some distance from the woman’s home. They spent some time together and fired the man’s gun. Together, they walked to the woman’s residence in Adams County where the man introduced himself to DeLisa and his girlfriend’s brother from Texas.

DeLisa was later shot twice in the head. Officials discovered his body the following day during a welfare check.

The alleged assassins then stole DeLisa’s wallet and left the residence. They spent the next few days in the area before Scott departed. Prosecutors say they never saw each other again.

White would later be identified as a suspect in the murder. She spoke with investigators and provided a “detailed account of the events that led to DeLisa’s death,” officials say. Police arrested and charged her.

Roughly three years after the shooting, a woman notified police that she believed she was dating the man known as “Scott,” whose real name is Michael Stratton.

He had confessed the crime to her and police said the confession matched White’s account of what happened. At the time, Stratton was in custody for the murder of a man in Pueblo, Colorado, which police say occurred after DeLisa’s death.

He has not been charged in Adams County and has been deemed incompetent to stand trial in the Pueblo murder.

White’s trial began January 6. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 4.