![]() ![]() "I touched him, and I told him I was sorry." "I stabbed him … and he looked up at me like, 'Why'd you do that, mom?'" Herold said. Herold had said she gave the chimp the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, but later retracted that statement.Įven though Travis had lived with Herold for 14 years, and she had called the pet her son, she put her friend first. He became agitated because he wasn't allowed to go for a car ride. On the day of the attack, Travis had eaten a meal of fish and chips and Carvel ice cream. The chimpanzee was sometimes taken out of his room-size cage to eat meals sitting at the dinner table with Herold, and occasionally drank wine from a wineglass. He reportedly enjoyed surfing the Internet and could change the channels on the television using a remote control. The 15-year-old chimp, killed by cops, had starred in an Old Navy television commercial advertising cargo shorts. Nash said the chimp was usually kept in a cage, and when it had been allowed outside as a baby, years earlier, he had ripped the hair from her scalp, causing her to tear up and Herold to laugh at the incident. If she had to rush out or couldn't come home, I fed him," Nash said. "It was her pet that she wanted for a companion. Travis, she said, was Herold's pet and not part of Desire Me Motors, the towing company Herold ran out of her home. "I do remember going to feed him a couple of times," she said. Nash told Winfrey that taking care of the ape was not part of her job, and she was frightened to even be around the animal. The chimp's owner claims that Nash was her employee at the time of the attack and is entitled to file only a workmen's compensation claim, which would greatly limit the amount of money she could receive. Nash has filed a civil suit against Herold, seeking $50 million in damages for pain and suffering. I want to be independent, but I don't want to be alone anymore." "Before, I was always really independent," she said. She said she hopes to one day be out of the hospital and more independent. And sometimes other people might insult you." Nash said she wears the veil "so I don't scare people. When outside her hospital room, she wears a hat and veil, usually made from a handkerchief attached to the brim of a straw hat. I hope she has a good time there," Nash said. "Her prom is coming up, and I can't pick out a gown, so I really hope she picks out something appropriate to wear. ![]() Among her few regrets is the inability to help her daughter pick out a prom dress. I miss her too."Īmong the moments she relishes is her daughter crawling in bed with her, and they hold each other. "I'm sorry I can't spend more time with my daughter," Nash said. Nash goes for daily walks around the hospital and relishes the occasional visits she shares with her 17-year-old daughter, Brianna. The dispatcher later asked, "Who's killing your friend?" ![]()
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