![Missoula woman charged with fatally stabbing neighbor](https://townsquare.media/site/15/files/2019/10/RS34782_GettyImages-167237321-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula woman charged with fatally stabbing neighbor
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Missoula woman has been charged with stabbing her neighbor in the chest while he slept, killing him.
Nancy Leann Wright made an initial court appearance Thursday on a deliberate homicide charge in the Nov. 3 death of 42-year-old Phillip Benjamin at his Parkside Village apartment.
Wright, 47, did not enter a plea. She requested a public defender and her bail was set at $2 million.
Court records say Wright was arrested Tuesday by officers investigating a report that Wright had gone into someone else’s apartment, sat down and started smoking.
Officers asked her if she’d ever broken into Benjamin’s apartment and she volunteered: “I killed him” and “I was told to do it.”
Benjamin was receiving home health care because he had a traumatic brain injury and epilepsy. His caregiver found his body.
More From KMMS-KPRK 1450 AM
![The Good Life! Popular Grammy-Winning DJ Spotted in Montana](http://townsquare.media/site/15/files/2024/07/attachment-NorthWestern-Energy-announced-Tuesday-it-is-monitoring-weather-conditions-in-Montana-for-a-possible-public-safety-power-shutoff.-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Love Ice Cream? These Are Montana’s Best Ice Cream Shops](http://townsquare.media/site/15/files/2023/06/attachment-Untitled-design-32.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![One Person Dead After Stabbing in Bozeman](http://townsquare.media/site/15/files/2022/07/attachment-Bozeman-Police1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Murder in Montana: How I Happened to Stumble Into One…Kind Of](http://townsquare.media/site/12/files/2021/09/attachment-RS9947_167237321-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Iranian navy friendly fire incident kills 19 amid US tension](http://townsquare.media/site/13/files/2019/01/GettyImages-1159689.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Big Timber man pleads not guilty to New Year’s Eve killing](http://townsquare.media/site/8/files/2020/01/RS781_96475798.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![No charges for fatal stabbing in drug deal gone bad](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2019/10/gavel-comstock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings](http://townsquare.media/site/8/files/2019/11/GettyImages-1185586753.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Belated bill to help solve indigenous cold cases gains steam](http://townsquare.media/site/8/files/2019/11/GettyImages-875483054.jpg?w=980&q=75)