98 year old woman charged with murder

[SteamWake]

Charged with the murder of her 100 year old roomate

A grand jury has indicted a 98-year-old woman on a second-degree-murder charge for allegedly killing her 100-year-old roommate in a dispute over the room they shared at a nursing home in Dartmouth.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...98_charge.html

[IanC]

Remind me to keep an eye on my grandma.

[SteamWake]

Ive seen it many times when pepole reach this kind of age they lose alot of their inhibitions due to the fact that they have very little to lose.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

I hope she isn't granted bond, as I don't want a murderer walking the streets.

[Sailor Steve]

"Madame, how do you plead?"

"Eh? What?"

"Guilty or not guilty?"

"No, I'm to old for quilting."

"Did you or did you not kill your roommate?"

"What kind of pills do I take? Oh, I'm not sure. Ask my nurse."

[Biggles]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"Madame, how do you plead?"

"Eh? What?"

"Guilty or not guilty?"

"No, I'm to old for quilting."

"Did you or did you not kill your roommate?"

"What kind of pills do I take? Oh, I'm not sure. Ask my nurse."

I do like your sense of humor Mr. Steve.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

I hope she isn't granted bond, as I don't want a murderer walking the streets.

Im just picturing an old lady shuffling behind a walker with assault rifles strapped to it.

[August]

If I were a member of the victims family i'd have to ask why the home decided to put a person who had "a long standing diagnosis of dementia and exhibited other erratic behaviors" in the same room with my Grandma.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by August

If I were a member of the victims family i'd have to ask why the home decided to put a person who had "a long standing diagnosis of dementia and exhibited other erratic behaviors" in the same room with my Grandma.

Have you ever spent time in one of these 'homes'?

You just desribed over half of their residents.

[August]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Have you ever spent time in one of these 'homes'?

Yes, as a matter of fact I have.

[SgtPotato]

I remembered a bogus newspaper article I found during playing GTA4 and it said a newborn baby murdered his father with a knife as a murder weapon.

I lol'd hard.

[kiwi_2005]

Use to go see my ex-inlaws parents in one of those homes with the wife back in the day and their did always be a old fella sitting in the lounge watching tv, i found going to see my inlaws parents with the wife totally bored the crap outta me so I would go sit with the old fella and listen to his stories he would tell me. After a few visits to that place the nurses told me that i would brighten his day whenever i showed up as i was the only one that was willing to listen to him. I found him interesting, the moment i sat down he would start and talk non stop about the old days and his V8 cars he use to own. I think the poor buggar would of been better off living on the outside spending his last days drinking beer instead of wasting it in front of the television.

[stabiz]

Life sentence!

[longam]

Go from one cage to another.

[Oberon]

Can't say I'm entirely surprised. A few nursing homes hang on to dementia patients when they're not supposed to because of the funds they provide.
Nine times out of ten, nursing homes are run as a profit organisation which means that the 'inmates' are just left to their own devices so long as their sons and daughters pay the fee. The man that kiwi describes is typical of a lot of people in these homes, they're bored, because no-one will listen, no-one wants to know. You get to a certain age and no matter what you've done for society, it doesn't matter and you're cast on the scrap heap. The carers don't listen because they either don't care, or don't have the time to, my Mother worked as a travelling social services home care around our town for a short time and she hated the fact that she had a strict timetable she had to keep to which gave her at the very most ten minutes per household! There is not a lot of care in the care business any more, which is a terrible shame because if we can't look after our elderly after they've spent their lives looking after us, then what the hell is going wrong?