Teen arrested after grandma stabbed 93 times, shot with crossbow
Jasper Aristotle Smiddie.
Photographer: Polk County Sheriff's Office
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Posted: 02/09/2012
A teen was arrested Wednesday after his grandmother was stabbed 93 times and shot with a crossbow in Florida.
Gloria Helfrich, 67, was stabbed, struck in the face with a pipe wrench, and shot in the back of her head with a crossbow, according to Lake Wales authorities, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
Jasper Aristotle Smiddie, 19, was arrested in Lake Wales and faces a first-degree murder charge, according to the report.
Polk County deputies told the Sentinel that Smiddie called his father and confessed to killing Helfrich, with whom he lived in a home with. Smiddie's father reported his son to authorities.
Read the full report at the Orlando Sentinel.
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