Sentenced: Holly Brennan gave her mother a pillow to the face because she hated her

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A Valley woman is facing first-degree murder charges after she admitted to murdering her mother.

According to Sgt. Ben Hoster, dispatchers received a call from someone at an apartment complex near 64th Street and Osborn Road saying their neighbor asked them to call 911.

Scottsdale police say Holly Brennan, 46, later told the dispatcher that she had killed her mother, Sharon Simmons. Officers responded and found Simmons deceased in a bed.

“Responding officers then went inside the apartment and located an elderly female deceased on the bed,” Sgt. Hoster said.

Police say Brennan and Simmons live together and have a history of domestic violence.

Brennan was taken into custody and questioned by detectives, Hoster said.

Police: Arizona woman admits to suffocating 79-year-old mother with pillow

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KNXV) — A Valley woman is facing first-degree murder charges after she admitted to murdering her mother Monday afternoon. According to Sgt. Ben Hoster, dispatchers received a call around 2 p.m. from someone at an apartment complex near 64th Street and Osborn Road saying their neig

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Brennan told police she suffocated her mother. According to a probable cause statement, police say Brennan approached her mother between 10 and 11 a.m., pushed her onto the bed and got on top of her.

Police say Brennan admitted to smothering her mother with a pillow and her hand, and it took "a couple of minutes" before Simmons stopped fighting back.

While being interviewed by police, authorities say Brennan "made comments of 'I wanted her gone' and 'I hated her.'"

"Then they put the cuffs on her and sat her down on the sidewalk," said Michael Bennett, a neighbor. "I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It took a couple seconds for it to sink in, and I'm like, 'Wow she just admitted that!'"

Scottsdale PD: Woman admits to suffocating 79-year-old mother to death with pillow

Holly Brennan and her mother had a history of domestic violence, police say,

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[ghosttruck]

I guess mom should have bought her that Barbie doll house when she was a kid

 

[Totemic]

So I have come to terms with the fact that my mother (step of 35 years) is a horrible narcissist, and I can't find it within me to give a fuck if she dies, but I wouldn't actively try to kill her.

 

[Sejanus]

I bet it was satisfying

 

[Ripley]

I bet it was satisfying

Yeah but she only got to do it once

 

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Last Name	First Name	Middle Initial
BRENNAN	HOLLY	K

Prison Release Date	Release Type
Projected Eligible Release Date
05/09/2037	SENTENCE EXPIRATION

Commitment and Sentence Information 1 records

Commit# Sentence Length Sentence County Court Cause# Offense Date Sentence Date Sentence Status Crime A01 017 Y/ 11 M/ 27 D MARICOPA CR2019122183 05/13/2019 03/05/2021 IMPOSED MURDER 2ND DEGRE