LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville police arrested a woman two days after a patient at a Louisville addiction treatment center was found dead in her room.
According to her arrest citation, Angela Hensley, 48, can be seen on surveillance video entering the victim's room Sunday at Praxis of Louisville by Landmark Recovery in the Hazelwood neighborhood. Louisville Metro Police investigators said Hensley is initially seen walking into the victim's room, and the victim could be seen standing.
About four minutes later, according to the arrest citation, Hensley is seen leaving the room, and the victim can be seen lying on the floor. She then reenters the room multiple additional times and never told staff anything about the victim's condition.
"She said she wanted to die so I killed her," Hensley told LMPD detectives, according to the arrest citation.
Hensley added that she reentered the room several times because "she wasn't dead yet" and "I f****** finished killing her."
The autopsy performed Monday found the cause of death was likely strangulation. The victim was found with "neck abrasions, right sternohyoid muscle hemorrhage, conjunctival and scleral hemorrhages (and) petechia of the face."
When investigators asked Hensley how she killed the victim, she replied that used a towel. The surveillance video shows Hensley entering the victim's room with a towel around her neck, according to the arrest citation.
Hensley is charged with attempted murder, but LMPD spokesperson John Bradley said that could be upgraded to murder pending the official cause of death.
She pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday, and a judge set her bond at $1 million.
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