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Laura Lundquist, 98, Indicted in Death of Her 100-Year-Old Nursing Home Roommate

By Joy Montefusco

For approximately a year, Laura Lundquist, 98, shared a room with 100-year-old Elizabeth Barrow at the Brandon Woods nursing home in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.  Barrow, however, was found dead in her bed on Thursday, September 24, 2009, with a plastic shopping bag tied around her head. The police thought Barrow?s death had been a suicide at first, but an autopsy indicated that she had died from strangulation.  As a result, the case was revisited and her death was ruled a homicide. Last Friday, December 11, 2009, a grand jury indicted Lundquist on a charge of second-degree murder.Lundquist is believed to be the oldest person facing a murder charge in Massachusetts history, but may never go to trial because of her mental health issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).