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The case of the geriatric killer

A love triangle leads to murder in old age home

ATLANTA: Furious that their romance was ending, a 78-year-old great-grandmother shot her 85-year-old ex-beau to death as he sat reading the newspaper in a senior citizens' home. "I did it and I'd do it again!" Lena Driskell yelled to officers who arrived at the home on June 10, according to testimony in court.

— AP

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