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Man Literally Scares Grandmother to Death

By Baker Associates

People often use the phrase, ?You scared me to death!? in a joking fashion, but authorities say that is literally what happened to a seventy-nine year old grandmother in North Carolina recently. Apparently, the elderly lady suffered a heart attack when a man broke into her home while looking for somewhere to hide after robbing a bank. The man did not call for help, and the lady died from the heart attack. Police say the man thus literally killed the grandmother without ever touching her. He was found guilty of killing someone by kidnapping them, which carries an automatic life sentence in North Carolina. In Tennessee, the man would be charged much the same way. The law allows someone to be charged with first-degree murder in Tennessee if they kill someone during ?the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate any first degree murder, act of terrorism, arson, rape, robbery, burglary, theft, kidnapping, aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child or aircraft piracy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on November 26, 2009 (boomark / email).