75-year-old woman shot and killed husband

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Walter H. Schneider
Update 2019 01 23: Added links to related articles.

Benton County Daily Record – Bentonville, AR, USA

BENTONVILLE – The attorney for a Rogers woman accused of killing her husband will use a mental disease or defect as defense against the crime.

Myrtle Walter, 75, was arrested for capital murder on Oct. 4 after admitting to police she shot and killed her husband. Prosecutors have not filed a charge in the case…. Full Story (2018 04 27: That link is now broken, but this link to a related article still functions.)

76-year-old woman charged with capital murder

by The Associated Press | February 24, 2009

BENTONVILLE — Prosecutors have filed a capital murder charge against a 76-year-old Rogers woman accused of killing her husband.

Myrtle Walter is accused in the October shooting death of Paul Walter. Prosecutor Van Stone says he will waive the death penalty. If convicted as charged, Myrtle Walter could be sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Myrtle Walter pleaded not guilty in a Monday hearing.

Defense attorney W.H. Taylor says Myrtle Walter suffers from anxiety and dementia. He also said Walter’s husband raped her, which will be part of her defense. A judge had ordered an evaluation at Washington Regional Hospital’s Generations program, but she was later released on a $250,000 bond to live with one of her two daughters.

Taylor says he won’t pursue a defense of mental disease or defect. (Source)

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