First sentence of paragraph 5 reads: "Bottles of Prozac and paxil pills, commonly prescribed for depression, were found in Ullery's apartment, Norman Police Detective Mike Isaac told The Oklahoman."

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OU Death Suspect Showed Interest in Occult, Police Say
The Daily Oklahoman
April 2, 1993
Author: Robert Medley; Norman Bureau
Estimated printed pages: 2

NORMAN - A University of Oklahoma honor student charged in the stabbing death of a Norman piano teacher recently quit school and had become increasingly depressed and interested in the occult, according to documents filed Thursday in Cleveland County District Court.

Brent Douglas Ullery, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Nancy Neal, 43, at her home March 24.

The request for a recent police search of Ullery's apartment and a list of items confiscated were filed in Cleveland County District Court on Thursday.

The search request states that Ullery's roommate Warren Hsieh told police Ullery, "recently quit attending school, acted more depressed than normal and exhibited a change in behavior patterns including sleep patterns."

Bottles of Prozac and paxil paroxehnehcl pills, commonly prescribed for depression, were found in Ullery's apartment, Norman Police Detective Mike Isaac told The Oklahoman. Police also seized a prescription bottle of thioridazine, which is used to treat mental disorders, and a poster depicting a human eye with a skull in the pupil.

Ullery was arrested March 25 in Aurora, Colo., after a shoot-out with an Adams County Sheriff's Department deputy. The next day, Norman police began searching his Norman apartment at 1421 Rebecca Lane, Unit 263. Ullery shared the apartment with Hsieh, documents state.

The search request signed by Issac states, "Mr. Ullery has exhibited in the past an interest in the supernatural or occult and books, writings and computer games relating thereto."

Isaac said police still have more computer discs to examine that the OU physics major kept in his apartment.

"We are still knee-deep in items," Isaac said.

Ullery, a graduate of the first class of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, remained Thursday in the Adams County, Colo., Jail on charges that include attempted murder of a law officer and aggravated robbery.

Ullery was arrested in Colorado with Neal's car, which was missing from her Norman home. Police have said the only motive for Neal's murder was robbery of the vehicle. Ullery confessed to Neal's murder when he was arrested, authorities said.

Colorado officials found a knife believed used in Neal's killing among Ullery's belongings.

The search request in Cleveland County states that a local taxi driver picked up a white male near the Rebecca Lane Apartments on the morning of March 24 and delivered the man to Neal's southeast Norman residence.

Records show Neal told friends she had an appointment with a man who wanted to see the car that day.

Meanwhile, Cleveland County Assistant District Attorney Irby Taylor said work to extradite Ullery to Oklahoma started Thursday. He said an extradition hearing for Ullery has been scheduled for May 27 before an Adams County judge.

Ullery refused extradition during a formal sentencing in the Colorado court this week, Taylor said.

Taylor said Oklahoma officials have 90 days to complete the extradition paperwork that first goes to the Oklahoma Attorney General's office before requiring signature by Gov. David Walters and then being forwarded to Colorado Gov. Roy Romer for a signature.
Section: NEWS
Page: 1
Index Terms: MURDER SUSPECT
Dateline: NORMAN
Record Number: OKC1827471

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