98-Year-Old Woman Indicted for Murder

Apparently you never outgrow roommate spats. Prosecutors say Laura Lundquist, 98, was livid that her centenarian roommate Elizabeth Barrow was "trying to take over her room" in a New Hampshire nursing home. The roommates argued over a table Lundquist put at the foot of Barrow's bed that impeded her route to the bathroom. When a nurse's aide moved the table, Lundquist allegedly punched her and said Barrow "might as well have the whole room." The next day, a nurse found Barrow dead with a shopping bag tied around her head. Lundquist had her eyes set on Barrow's window-side bed and had vowed to outlive Barrow to get it. Lundquist was indicted on charges of second-degree murder Thursday. The district attorney said violence committed by the elderly was a growing problem because people are living longer, and said he'd reviewed murder charges against about 20 people over the age 80, and six with suspects over the age of 90.