Accused Killer Lady Red May Be More Than Just Troubled Teen

More details have emerged that paint a grim picture of Sharell Butler (nicknamed "Lady Red" for her Bloods associations), the 15-year-old accused of last month's brutal murder of John Hopkins-Drago, the Bronx man who ended up cut into pieces in a plastic bag. Today's News has tales of Butler slashing another girl's face with a broken bottle, punching out a security guard and generally gaining a reputation that led one parent to say, “My daughter no longer wanted to hang out with her. She sensed something was wrong about her, and she knew she had to stay away." The paper also interviews her imprisoned partner in crime, high-ranking Blood 19-year-old Robert Pastore. He tells sweet tales of the two baking cookies, renting I Am Legend and referring to her as "Lil' Scrap" (after Scrappy Doo). He has also been charged with statutory rape. He says that Butler stood out as sophisticated, dressing like a “Manhattan girl” in Uggs and stylish clothing from American Eagle. Once again, defenses of Butler were nonspecific—a neighbor telling the paper, “When I see her, I see complete innocence.”

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By Billy Parker in News on January 11, 2009 5:54 PM

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whitecastlerock

Have her parents spoken to the press yet?

Felix Hoenikker

Yeah. "She was always a good girl. She sang in the church choir and worked in soup kitchens."

Amanda Harletsch

Life wasted! She is in the trash now by her own efforts.

rcltrh

When I see her I ask myself once again why is it again that we don't we have the death penalty? So many tax dollars could be saved by just a few milliliters of injected chemicals. Or maybe they could just kill her in the same way she killed those 2 she killed. Trash and a waste of tax money.

ANGRYGOD11

NY does have the death penalty on the books, but no one has been executed. One problem is the cost. With mandatory appeals prosecutors estimate the legal process could cost about 5 million dollars per case.

Felix Hoenikker

How about a 'Running Man: Gaza Edition"

It would make great TV and I hear they are looking for civilian cannon fodder.

NannyState

When I see her, I see complete pathology.

freddynyc

I personally think that everyone is too hard on this kid. Sure, she's in a deadly gang and probably snuffed out two guys, but other than that she's a good kid. After all she's only 15 and has her whole life ahead of her...

r1b2

Butler stood out as sophisticated, dressing like a “Manhattan girl” in Uggs and stylish clothing from American Eagle.

Ahh, yes, the sophistication of a mall-rat/ hood-rat. Skanky, and stupid, too.

Spirit of 76

She really looks high on something in that photo.

inoyourider

Piece of trash.

Have fun in jail sweetie.

snoopydog

I really want to get into her head and how she, a future Harvard grad, could have turned to evil. In fact I have an eight inch Italian salami that would like to get into her head about a half inch under her nose.

freddynyc

I'm sorry to offend anyone, but I'd hit that in a second...

zodak

you just know she's good in bed!

west side Michael

This story and the news of the 33 billion

dollar aircraft carrier named

after George Bush yesterday ,is just too much news!

Kyle T

Too bad she started her life of crime so early. It will suck to have to rot in prison waiting to die for so many years. At least she has a really sweet hair-do.