Saturday, December 12, 2009

Woman, 98, indicted in centenarian’s death

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A 98-year-old woman was indicted Friday on a second-degree murder charge that alleges she strangled her 100-year-old nursing home roommate after making the victim’s life “a living hell” because she thought the woman was “taking over the room.”




Laura Lundquist was sent to a state mental hospital for a competency evaluation before her arraignment. Her defense attorney, Carl Levin, said she has a “long-standing diagnosis of dementia, as well as issues of cognitive impairment.”



She is believed to be the oldest murder defendant in state history, but might never go to trial because of her mental health issues.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34384927/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001

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