SC - 82 year old woman arrested for shooting her husband at assisted living facility. 12 Sept 2025

[Inthedetails]

How does a gun get into an assisted living facility?

I'm assuming the wife carried it in when visiting her husband.

jmopinion

 

[mickey2942]

How does a gun get into an assisted living facility?

No one makes you go through a metal detector to go visit people. I don't even think that they go through your stuff when you move in.

Maybe that will change now.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

Maybe they were both residents at the facility and she is also suffering from Dementia. As a daughter of two parents with this disease
IMO

What is so strange is Harriett posted a photo of them out on the golf course a year ago. They both looked very healthy. I wonder if this case will go to trial. Wasn't she arrested? If she had dementia, would she be put the jail?

JMO.

 

[Kittypoo]

What is so strange is Harriett posted a photo of them out on the golf course a year ago. They both looked very healthy. I wonder if this case will go to trial. Wasn't she arrested? If she had dementia, would she be put the jail?

JMO.

Yes strange although something like a stroke could have rendered him incapacitated very quickly.
However the term assisted living facility made me think they were still independent but in a flat with a warden for example rather than 24 hour care.
Not sure if that’s a thing in the U.S?
I can vouch that the police were involved with my parents when frustration caused one to push the other. No where near as serious as this and guns are not a thing over here.
MOO

 

[Eli9]

So it sounds like DR was admitted to the medical facility the day prior to the shooting. Also sounds like HR was suffering mentally/financially. Her note is very disjointed.
Also the case will be going to a grand jury.

‘Too much for me’: Note reveals 82-year-old woman’s alleged motive for killing husband

A judge found probable cause in the case, sending it to a grand jury.

www.fox8live.com

suspect asked for an attorney, but she also reportedly said, “He was a good man” and that this was a sad situation.

Deputies found a note in her purse referencing her health and the hard time she was going through. An identical note was later discovered along with financial documents at her home, and a similar note was sent to her neighbor.

A portion of the note, read by an investigator in court, stated: “To you all, this has just been too much for me. I so wish I could do it with the wonderful family we have, so many good friends. We can’t have a life without someone, and that someone can’t be me, as I am not strong enough or smart enough to do all this.”

 

[Eli9]

Hilton Head murder suspect granted bond to go to Hawaii

An 82-year-old woman who was arrested and charged for shooting and killing her husband on Hilton Head Island has been granted bond.

www.wtoc.com

Recker’s bond was set at $50,000 with the condition that Recker “may live with son in Hawaii” and that she “shall not be released except into custody of A.E.” (initials to protect the identity)