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by seamusTX
Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:56 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: FL: Murder or self defense?
Replies: 7
Views: 770

Re: FL: Murder or self defense?

Some people seem to like living on the edge. When they're involved in illegal activities, the last thing they want to do is call the cops.

You will notice she started to drive the victim to the hospital, probably to avoid having the cops search the house (which would not have worked anyway, because it was a crime scene by then, it was unoccupied, and they had time to get a warrant).

- Jim
by seamusTX
Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:46 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: FL: Murder or self defense?
Replies: 7
Views: 770

Re: FL: Murder or self defense?

paulhailes wrote:Can they charge her for being stupid?
Being stupid is not an offense per se, but it is the basis of many other offenses.
Why follow him out? Close the door and lock it, then call the police.
There was that little problem of the "secret garden," which probably was a felony-level offense. Once the police are called to a crime in progress, they can pretty much search and seize everything.

- Jim
by seamusTX
Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:25 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: FL: Murder or self defense?
Replies: 7
Views: 770

FL: Murder or self defense?

In Pierson, Florida (middle of nowhere), Saturday a 36-year-old woman called 911 to report that her live-in boyfriend had accidentally shot himself. The gunshot victim also told medical personnel that he had accidentally shot himself.

The gunshot victim died about two hours later.

The girlfriend then gave conflicting accounts to investigators, the latest version being ...
[She] eventually told investigators that she and [the deceased boyfriend] had been arguing for the past few days and that she awoke Saturday morning to [the deceased boyfriend] yelling and slapping her."

[A police spokesman] said that [the deceased boyfriend] then grabbed a handgun from the nightstand and walked outside and that she followed him. While outside,... she wrestled the gun away from [the deceased boyfriend].

"Thinking there was a blank in the chamber, she pulled the trigger and nothing happened," the Sheriff's spokesman said. "Then she pulled the trigger a second time. This time, the gun fired and the bullet struck [the deceased boyfriend] in the chest."

The woman is accused of murder. Police also found marijuana plants in the home, leading to additional charges of illicit gardening.

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- Jim

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