Married for 70 years and then kills his wife

[Insanecowposse]

SEAL BEACH, Calif. — The husband of an 86-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after his wife of nearly 70 years was found dead from a gunshot to the head in a Southern California nursing home.

The couple's daughter told the Los Angeles Times the shooting a month before their 70th anniversary was "a mercy killing" by a husband who had long fed and bathed his wife as she suffered from dementia and decline.

Reports of gunshots at Country Villa Healthcare Center came at about noon, and within a few minutes officers arrived from the California Highway Patrol, Orange County Sheriff's Department and three local police departments, Seal Beach police Sgt. Steve Bowles said.

A tactical team surrounded the facility and soon entered.

Inside they found Clara Laird dead of a single gunshot wound to the head, and found her husband Roy

[Grimlin]

At some point i can actually understand this one.

My wife has already told me if she was to be on life support,she'd want me to pull the plug.That story is almost not much difference.

[Autumn]

I'd feel the same way. Quick and no suffering. Would you really want to live your life sickly and not knowing who or what anything is? That's awful, and I don't think he should be charged very harshly.

[crys]

I can understand this. My grandmother passed last January and my entire family had spent the last 2 months just praying that something would have mercy on her. I'm sure my dad or uncles felt this way from time to time.