Florida woman mistakes daughter for boyfriend, shoots and kills her

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44. From the local affiliate

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WINTER HAVEN (FOX 13) - Adele Bing, 52, faces second-degree murder charges in the death of her daughter Ruby. Investigators say it all started with an argument between Adele and her boyfriend...earlier Monday...(She)...hit (him) over the head...(He) went to a hospital to be treated, but when there was a knock on Bing's door at 8:45 p.m., she thought it was him returning home.

Bing armed herself with a baseball bat and a gun, police say, and as she opened the door, she accidentally fired a shot.

It was not Lane at the door, but Bing's daughter Ruby. The 25-year-old, who was holding her 4-month-old daughter, was hit in the chest and died at the scene...

An "accidental" shot to the chest that completely missed the baby? "Banging" on the door while holding a baby? If the door had a peep hole, why didn't Bing use it? The daughter didn't say anything along the lines of "Mom, it's me?" Was Bing expecting her daughter and grandchild at 8:45 PM? Did Bing ask, "Who is it?"

If Bing didn't want the boyfriend returning home, and he had threatened to kill her, why didn't she file domestic violence charges? And most important of all, if Bing thought there was a killer knocking on her door, WHY DIDN'T SHE KEEP IT CLOSED AND CALL THE POLICE? Ordinarily, I would consider this an open-and-shut case of voluntary manslaughter, but there's reason to suspect intent a conscious intent to kill.


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