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Woman Arrested Accused of Killing Man With Crowbar

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  A horrible weekend murder leaves a Chattanooga man dead and a woman confined to a wheelchair in jail.  The woman told officers she hit and killed her elderly roommate with a crowbar.The Orchard Knob Avenue home where it happened now sits empty.  The man was found dead inside.  Neighbors say they're in shock to hear how the man died.I don't think that was right to take him out like that, especially to a man that's kind enough to give her a place to stay, says Sandra Johnson who lives nearby.I think she ought to be tried,just like anyone else who has committed murder, says Susan Price who works next door.Neighbors say they knew Laura Morgan and that she lived with James Masingill. He's the man she allegedly beat to death.Morgan told officers she used a crowbar like this one to assault the man. The affadavit says she then stole $200 from the man's wallet  She used the money she says she used to buy crack cocaine.Monday, we found out more about Laura Morgan. She has a criminal history dating back to 1997.  We found a number of prostitution and drug charges on her rap sheet.Susan Price says Masingill was letting Morgan live with him because he wanted to help her turn her life around.I was really shocked because you never hear anything out of them. It's always really quiet over there, and I never knew there were any problems over there or anything, says Susan Price.Monday, neighbors only had good things to say about the victim. Many of them say he didn't deserve to die like this.He was  a little frail. I noticed he sometime walked real slow and it was hard for him to get around, says Susan Price.Neighbors say this horrible tragedy is a reminder of how trying to do some good can turn out so badly.That could happen to me if I was by myself. Someone could hurt me, says Sandra Johnson.Morgan is due in court February 5, 2013 to face first degree murder charges.

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