Mother Won’t Face Murder Charge
From Times Wire Reports
A mother who shot and paralyzed her daughter will not be charged with murder even though her daughter died after winning the right to be taken off life support, a state official in Orlando, Fla., said. Shirley Egan, 68, who has emphysema and is blind in one eye, is accused of shooting her daughter in March after overhearing her discuss putting her in a nursing home. She was charged with attempted murder before Georgette Smith, 42, died May 19.
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