91-year-old Florida man accused of killing wife, saying he was ‘keeping his promise’
Investigators say William Albert Lippold admitted planning the killing for a month after caregiving stress over his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease.
- A 91-year-old man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after deputies found his 87-year-old wife fatally shot in their home on August 1, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
- David Lippold, the man's son, called 911, stating that his father had killed his mother, as reported by the sheriff’s office.
- William Lippold confessed to planning the killing for about a month, explaining that he was his wife's sole caregiver due to her severe Alzheimer's disease.
- He expressed that he had promised not to place her in a nursing home, stating, 'It’s not complicated, I shot my wife,' according to deputies.
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91-year-old Florida man accused of killing wife, saying he was 'keeping his promise': deputies
A 91-year-old Florida man charged with murdering his disabled wife last week told investigators that he viewed the act as "keeping his promise" to never put her in a nursing home.
Report: Senior, 91, Tells Police He Killed His Wife to Keep His 'Promise' Never to Put Her in A Nursing Home
Florida police have charged a 91-year-old senior man with the homicide of his wife after he told authorities that he viewed the act as “keeping his promise” that he would never put her in a nursing home. The post Report: Senior, 91, Tells Police He Killed His Wife to Keep His ‘Promise’ Never to Put Her in A Nursing Home appeared first on Breitbart.
Florida 91-year-old killed wife, said he promised to 'never put her in a nursing home': deputies
A 91-year-old Florida man charged with murdering his disabled wife last week told investigators that he viewed the act of killing her as "keeping his promise" to never place her in a nursing home.
Florida husband, 91, executed his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife, 87, rather than break a promise never to place her in a nursing home: police
A 91-year-old Florida man named William Albert Lippold had made a promise to his wife once. To fulfill that alleged promise, he allegedly pulled the trigger on his 87-year-old wife, Mary, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s. Lippold’s son, David Lippold, called 911 to report that his father had shot his mother. After that, a probable...
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