Tampa woman who help kill mom in 1998 is released from South Florida prison
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A woman who was convicted of assisting in her mother's killing has left prison after serving 15 years.
Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman Jessica Cary says Valessa Robinson was released from a South Florida prison early Friday.
She was 15 when she helped boyfriend Adam Davis and Jon Whispel kill Vicki Robinson in the family's upscale Tampa home in 1998.
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The trio had taken LSD the night of the killing. They stole Vicki Robinson's van and credit cards and dumped her body. Shortly after, they set off on a cross-country escape and were captured in Texas.
Valessa Robinson was convicted of third-degree murder. Prosecutors said her mother had planned to send the teen to a Christian boarding school for troubled girls.
Davis is on death row and Whispel remains in prison.