Hostage book “Unlikely Angel” out
Published: September 27, 2005
The woman who says suspected courthouse killer Brian Nichols held her hostage for hours says in a book out Tuesday that she gave him drugs while he held her captive at her apartment in Gwinnett County.
27-year-old Ashley Smith drew national attention after she talked her way out of being held captive by Nichols and called police.
She shares details of the seven-hour ordeal in her book called “Unlikely Angel“.
Smith writes that Nichols asked her for marijuana, but that she had only a small amount of crystal methamphetamine. She said she gave the drug to him but refused to take it with him.
She writes, “I was not going to die tonight and stand before God, having done a bunch of ice up my nose.”
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Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage HeroSmith talked to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about her book. She is scheduled to discuss the 272-page book Wednesday on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Nichols remains jailed in connection with the shooting rampage March 11th that began at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta and left four dead. Smith says she has not used drugs since she walked out of her apartment on March 12th after being held hostage.
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