Overview
- Cynthia Ming, 54, pleaded guilty in McLennan County to killing her neighbor, 45-year-old Angie Melissa Moore, and received a 50-year prison term.
- Ming had earlier pursued a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity plea, with court testimony citing diagnoses including borderline and histrionic personality disorders and schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type.
- Moore called 911 reporting an attempted break-in; officers later found her dead at home, and they tased and detained Ming as she tried to flee.
- Authorities said Ming confessed to breaking in, seizing a gun from Moore, shooting her in the head, and drinking her blood, claiming she believed Moore had killed her dog.
- Prosecutors said the plea secures an outcome comparable to a capital conviction without trial and appeal risks, and the victim’s family delivered statements describing years of alleged harassment.