Yes i realize this was from oct. but heard about it sunday.
~~UPDATE
I thought the room mate was responsible……
DA: Woman, 98, Killed 100-Year-Old Roommate
A 98-year-old Dartmouth nursing home resident is facing murder charges, accused of strangling and suffocating her 100-year-old roommate in September, Bristol County prosecutors said Friday.
A grand jury indicted Laura Lundquist on second-degree murder charges in connection with the Sept. 24 death of her roommate Elizabeth Barrow.
Barrow was found dead in her bed with a plastic bag over her head during a routine check on residents at the Brandon Woods Nursing Home in Dartmouth. An autopsy showed that the cause of death was manual strangulation and suffocation.
“The investigation revealed that Ms. Lundquist harbored hostility towards Ms. Barrow because she believed Ms. Barrow was taking over the room they shared at the nursing home,” Bristol County District Attorney Samuel Sutter said. “Ms. Lundquist made statements prior to Ms. Barrow’s death that she would get Ms. Barrow’s bed by the window because she was going to out live her.”
Sutter said that Barrow had complained that her roommate was making her life a “living hell.”
Lundquist moved to a secure hospital facility after making a threatening comment, Sutter said.
“Ms. Lundquist observed a white plastic bag similar to the one found covering Ms. Barrow’s head and stated that ’she had a bag like Betty and I hope I don’t have to use it,’” Sutter said.
Superior Court Judge Lloyd MacDonald ordered that Lundquist be sent to Taunton State Hospital for a competency evaluation prior to being arraigned.
Lundquist may be the oldest person on the state’s history to be charged with second-degree murder.
“I have a sworn duty that when presented with evidence that supports a particular person has committed a murder — whether it be a 98-year-old woman or an 8-year-old boy as was prosecuted this year in St. John, Arizona — that my office must move forward with charges,” Sutter said.
Barrow’s son Scott said his centenarian mother was still going strong at the time of her death. He said she defied her age and lived a happy, alert life at the nursing home.
“We’re devastated. I mean, my mother was well-loved. She loved everyone at the nursing home. She had a daily routine where she would go up and down the hallway and hug people who weren’t as fortunate as she,” Scott Barrow said.
He said his mother, who turned 100 on Aug. 21, still loved to read, socialize and shop and even at 100 she was “hardly at death’s door.”
Barrow was married for 65 years to a former tax assessor, A. Raymond Barrow, who died two years ago.
“The day before this happened we took her out for lunch at her favorite place and then we went shopping for winter clothes and so forth and she was looking forward to, you know, continuing her life,” Barrow said.
He said his mother worked as a cafeteria worker for many years in Dartmouth public schools and at Bishop Stang High School.
What a way to go out after being 100. :crazy
Also shes 98… whats the worse that could happen when convicted :lol Shes not gunna learn her lesson and live another 40 years…
