Woman Charged With Murder After Giving Gun to Her Mother With Dementia, Encouraging Her to Commit Suicide
An Oklahoma woman has been charged with murder after she gave a gun to her mother with dementia, who used it to commit suicide.
Jaye Dee Watts, 44, has been charged with felony murder by a caretaker and kidnapping in the death of her mother, Lynda Watts, 72.
Lynda Watts died on September 10 at her home in Oklahoma City.
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The Oklahoma City Police Department said that Jaye Dee Watts “intentionally provided a firearm to the victim, which prompted the victim to take her own life.”
Dillon Quirk with OKC police told local station KOCO that the daughter “suggested that she take her own life,
