Murder Suspect Says Dislike Of Lesbians Not Part Of Killings

A man accused of killing two Oregon women says the slayings had nothing to do with his victims being lesbians, although he believed their lifestyle was “sick.”

“I don’t care for lesbians … I couldn’t help but think that she’s 54 years old and had been dating that woman for 12 years; isn’t that sick?” Robert James Acremant said in Sunday’s San Francisco Examiner.

He has said he knew Roxanne Ellis, 54, and Michelle Abdill, 42, were lesbians before he shot them Dec. 4 in Medford, Ore., and left the bodies in the back of Ellis’ pickup truck.

Acremant said he killed the women because he was frustrated at not being rich. He also admits shooting a friend to death in October.

Acremant, 27, was arrested Dec. 13 in Stockton, Calif., on Oregon warrants charging him with aggravated murder. He has said he wants to be executed for the crimes.

Police have said Acremant met Ellis when she showed him a rental apartment in Medford. He had made an appointment with her to see the apartment again the day of the killings.

Abdill went to the apartment after Ellis called to say she needed help starting her truck.

Acremant said his master’s degree in business administration may be partly to blame for his behavior. He quit his job at a trucking company in May, then discovered nobody else would hire him.

“There are too many business grads out there. If I had chosen another field, all this may not have happened,” he said.

He said his troubles boiled over when he shot Scott George to death on Oct. 3. However, Visalia police still are treating George’s disappearance as a missing person case.