On September 12, 2016, 83-year-old Bernice Rice Hensley of Asheville, North Carolina, was found fatally shot inside her home. Deputies responded to a 911 call placed by her husband, 85-year-old Samuel Lloyd Hensley, who told the dispatcher his wife was in the bedroom and the gun was on the bed. Bernice was found unresponsive on the bedroom floor and pronounced dead at the scene.

Samuel Hensley admitted to shooting his wife three times and was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. He was taken into custody without bond. Family members say Samuel had been suffering from dementia for several years. Investigators noted there had been no prior domestic violence calls to the residence and detectives continued to investigate the circumstances.

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