73 Year Old Woman Shoots Husband Over Venereal Disease

[matcom]

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AUBURN, W.Va. --A 73-year-old woman has been accused of shooting her 69-year-old husband because she believed he contracted a venereal disease while having an affair with a neighbor.

"He was treated a few weeks ago, apparently for a venereal disease. That's apparently where it (the shooting) came from," said Trooper J.E. Stout of the State Police's Harrisville detachment.

Mollie A. Hardbarger of Auburn is accused of shooting her husband Hallie once in the abdomen with a .22-caliber rifle on Tuesday. She was charged with malicious wounding.

Hallie Hardbarger was in critical condition Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, said hospital spokeswoman Jill Parsons.

Mollie Hardbarger complained of chest pains after she was arrested Tuesday and also was taken to the hospital, police said. She was in good condition Wednesday, Parsons said.

"She is under 24-hour guard at the hospital. We'll continue to do that until she's released," Stout said.

After she is released from the hospital, she will be arraigned in Wood County Magistrate Court.

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[Deja Q]

1. Which reminds us which is worse:

Do you prefer having VD?

Do you prefer being shot by a bigger gun?


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