After encountering 3 clogged toilets in a row at a Nebraskan rest stop Wednesday morning, Maryann Montgomery, 30, optimistically approached a stall just vacated by a well-dressed woman.

Maryann told reporters that she was on her way to Colorado to get away from a toxic relationship and a draining job. “I want to try to be happy again,” she confessed. “It’s just been so long since I’ve felt safe.”

Despite her general unease with using public bathrooms, Maryann foolishly drank two venti iced coffees in three short hours. Resigning herself to the reality of her situation, Maryann pulled off the I-80 at approximately 10  AM to relieve herself. She was seen rushing from her dingy 1992 Dodge Dart into a dank cement building marked with a ‘W.’

Met with flickering fluorescents, wet sinks, and disembodied human stink, Maryann was unsurprised by the deplorable state of the bathroom stalls. But she felt a wave of relief wash over her upon seeing an early forties, impeccably groomed woman dressed in a cream chiffon suit exiting a stall.

“I thought, ‘This woman understands what I’m feeling right now. She get’s it.'”

Maryann’s face darkened as she recalled walking into the stall. “It was a goddamn war zone. Urine everywhere. The seat was practically dripping.” Maryann reported that she then turned, shocked, to look at the woman. “She was washing her hands just opposite the stall. She saw that I was looking at her through the mirror and stared straight into my eyes as she finished up. She didn’t even flinch. She only broke eye contact to turn around and look directly at my face as she dried her hands. She was a goddamn sociopath!”

Maryann was arrested later that morning for the brutal murder of Charlotte Barragan, 43.  Unwitting mother of two, Cary Kirkwood, 27, found the blood-spattered Maryanne carefully wiping Ms. Barragan’s blood from the floor. “It seemed like she’d been there for at least ten minutes cleaning up. I don’t know why she didn’t just leave the mess and make a run for it.” After slitting Ms. Barragan’s throat, Maryann reported slowly sinking a blade into the woman’s stomach as she watched the life drain from her eyes.

Speaking with reporters earlier today, Maryann expressed regret for her actions. “I hadn’t anticipated the jail toilet conditions.”