83-year-old Tennessee man kills his wife. He said he couldn’t bear the thought of her eating “oatmeal until she died”

83-year-old Tennessee man kills his wife. He said he couldn’t bear the thought of her eating “oatmeal until she died”

Joseph Anthony Scrofne, 83, will spend the rest of his life behind bars following a conviction for the first-degree murder of his 81-year-old wife, Linda “Carole” Scrofne. The sentencing comes after a three-day trial where a jury found him guilty of the premeditated crime, which occurred at the couple’s home in Portland, Tennessee, in January 2025. According to Law and Crime, Scrofne placed a 911 call claiming he had discovered his wife dead. Th…