http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091211/ap_on_re_us/us_centenarian_slaying
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Writer Eric Tucker, Associated Press Writer – 18 mins ago
This article talks about a 98-year-old woman that 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.
This is the reason that i will never put my parents into a home of any sort, i will find a way for help to come to them. I just cant understand while you would take your parent and put them into a box per say and expect them to live out the rest of their lives in peace and happiness with strangers they haven't spent a minute of their lives with.Society has taught us that instead of dealing with the hardships of age with the elderly, just take them to a place where they can all sit and be miserable and out of the way.
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