Florence woman says she ‘snapped,’ fatally shot ex-husband, 93

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A 74-year-old woman has told a judge that she “snapped,” acknowledging she fatally shot her 93-year-old ex-husband in the head.

The Register-Guard reports that Carolyn Sue Stickley was sentenced on Tuesday to a mandatory 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter. She acknowledges killing Erwin Emerson Drake in February 2017.

Stickley called 911 after she shot Drake in the back of the head as he sat on a couch inside his home in Florence. She initially told authorities that she had killed her former husband during a struggle in which he had threatened to shoot her.

Stickley will receive credit for time served. She is expected to serve the next nine years in prison.

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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com