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October 25, 2010 4:23 p.m. EST
Topics: mystery, human interest, homicide, crime, crime, law and justice, United States
Ayinde O. Chase - AHN News Editor
St. Petersburg, FL, United States (AHN) - A Tampa Bay woman who gained worldwide attention for her months long bout of uncontrollable hiccups is now charged in the murder of a 22-year-old man during a robbery.
Jennifer Mee, 19, and two others are now being charged with first degree murder. Police say Mee lured 22-year-old victim Shannon Griffin to a home where the others robbed him at Gunpoint.
During the incident there was a struggle and Griffin received three gunshot wounds. Three wounds to the chest and one wound to the shoulder.
"Jennifer Mee lured the victim to the address ... and Laron Raiford and Lamont Newton robbed him at gunpoint and took miscellaneous items from his person," St. Petersburg Police Sgt. T.A. Skinner said in a statement. "All three suspects admitted to their involvement and were charged with 1st degree felony murder."
Mee’s mother, Rachel Robidoux, was on a Tampa radio show Monday morning speaking about the incident and described her daughter as a "lovable, sweet little girl who wouldn't hurt a fly."
"I don't think she knew what was going to happen because that's not Jennifer," Robidoux tearfully said. "She's not out to hurt anyone."
If convicted, Jennifer Mee and the two other men could face the death penalty.
Mee became famous as Hiccup Girl in 2007 after she appeared on NBC’s Today show, where Mee was visibly suffering from a condition that made her hiccup 50 times a minute for five weeks. Eventually the hiccups just went away.
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