He Was 75... It Happened in Their Home" – Shocking case unfolds in small Mississippi town as octogenarian faces murder charge after a fatal 911 call. It’s a tragic love story with a violent, shocking end. In a quiet home on Tibbs Road in Sledge, Mississippi, a domestic dispute between two seniors turned deadly, leaving a 75-year-old man dead and his 82-year-old girlfriend behind bars. Mattie Crockett, 82, is now sitting in the Tunica County Jail, charged with murder after authorities say she shot and killed her boyfriend, James Larry Jr., 75. The bond has been set at a hefty $100,000. The Fateful 911 Call The drama unfolded just after 3:15 p.m. when a calm but devastating 911 call came into the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office. The caller? Mattie Crockett herself, who reportedly admitted to the operator that she had just shot her boyfriend. When deputies and emergency crews raced to the scene, they found James Larry Jr. with a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead ...
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