Verna was incredibly proud of all her children and shared a particularly close bond with amber, who was a cheerleader. Holloway's trial for solicitation for capital murder opened in houston. Amber and verna heath were the focus of a major crime that had everyone's attention during the early 1990s.
Amber and Verna Heath Where are Wanda Holloway’s Victims Today?
Shanna was in eighth grade when her mother decided that the only way to assure shanna a spot on the cheerleading squad at channelview high school, was to take out a hit on verna heath, the mother
Ap photo/david scarborough in one call, she gave him verna's address and her daily routine.
The intended victim was verna heath, the mother of amber heath. Amber had been a cheerleader at alice johnson jr. Wanda's best friend, verna heath, and her daughter, amber, live next door to the holloway family. Amber is the same age as shanna and the two teenagers become friends.
Verna had been a successful varsity twirler when she was young and holds the same ambition as wanda for her own daughter. Verna heath was not injured but was emotionally traumatized and received a lot of media attention. Her daughter amber, who was an innocent teenager caught in the crossfire, suffered the stigma of the incident for years. She approached him with a shocking request—to kill verna heath, the mother of shanna's cheerleading rival, amber heath.
Her scheme involved targeting verna heath, the mother of her daughter's rival, amber heath.
Wanda tried to solicit a hitman to murder verna, thinking this would eliminate amber's competition. She'd simply have verna heath offed before the march tryouts, so amber would be too distraught to compete. I just want her gone, holloway told her first husband's brother, terry harper The intended victim was verna heath, the mother of amber heath.
Amber had been a cheerleader at alice johnson jr. According to police, holloway apparently thought if amber's mother Holloway was accused of soliciting a hit man to kill another neighborhood mother, verna heath. In one call, she gave him verna's address and her daily routine.
They also settled on a price.
$2,500 for the mother, he said. Holloway's daughter, shanna, had not made the cheerleading team at channelview high school, and holloway thought amber's position on the team was the reason. Verna, intending to send her daughter to alice johnson when she reached seventh grade, got the principal's permission to let amber try out, and during the three days during which campaigning was Holloway had wanted to murder verna heath, pictured here right arriving in court in august 1991, with her cheerleader daughter amber 'i could see my mum was agitated.
While that would have been a beautiful sentiment, it led wanda to feed a grudge for her neighbors, verna heath and her daughter, amber. Verna heath, mother of amber, shanna's rival. Terry, alarmed by the proposal, went to the police, agreeing to record his conversations with wanda to gather evidence. In one of the recordings, she supposedly said:
She had a shocking request:
For terry to kill amber's mother, verna heath. Holloway believed that verna's death would leave amber too distraught to continue cheerleading, which would in turn open up a spot for shanna. Holloway, of channelview, east of houston, was 37 when she was arrested on charges of solicitation of capital murder, accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill verna heath, the mother of her High school cheerleader amber heath, left, and her mother verna heath enter a courtroom in houston, sept.
Shanna is seen here leaving a court room in her mother's case in march 1991. Heath was intended murder victim, in alleged plot by wanda webb holloway, the mother of a cheerleader rival of amber heath.
