ME - Joyce Wood, 72, dies after home invasion, Burnham, 2 April 2017 *Arrest*

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http://www.cp24.com/world/maine-wom...truder-jumping-into-her-bed-coroner-1.3548289
August 16 2017

BURNHAM, Maine - The state medical examiner's office says a 72-year-old Maine woman died from a heart attack after a naked trespasser jumped into bed with her during a home invasion.

Thirty-six-year-old Tara Shibles was indicted in May on manslaughter, aggravated criminal trespassing and assault charges. Her trial is tentatively set for December.

 

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Those details have emerged from a medical examiner’s report, obtained Monday by the Morning Sentinel through a public records request.

Tara Shibles

On April 2, Maine State Police and the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from Joyce Wood, who reported an intruder in her house at 261 South Horseback Road between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

State Police later charged Tara Shibles, 37, with manslaughter in connection to the case. A Waldo County Grand Jury in May indicted Shibles on charges of manslaughter, aggravated criminal trespassing and assault.

Her trial is tentatively set for December.

Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland previously said that family arrived on scene before police and helped Wood out to a car in the driveway, where “she was stricken and died.”

Advertisement Police called the case and circumstances “bizarre” as they investigated what happened that night.

Wood suffered a sudden death after the invasion, caused by ischemic cardiovascular disease, also known as coronary artery disease. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.

Ischemic cardiovascular disease is a “long, chronic process” that diminishes the blood flow to the heart, according to Mark Belserene, an administrator in the medical examiner’s office.

Any strain on the body can set the person with the disease up for a “fatal event.”