A Florida woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband in a hospital room in 2023 was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison followed by 12 years probation. Ellen Gilland, 78, pleaded no contest in December to assisting self-murder and manslaughter after a grand jury reduced the charges from first degree murder, …
An elderly Florida woman initially charged with first degree murder for fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a murder-suicide pact she couldn’t complete was indicted this week on a lesser charge. A Volusia County grand jury indicted Ellen Gilland, 76, on charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter for shooting 77-year-old Jerry Gilland in his hospital room …
A 76-year-old Florida woman charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of her terminally ill husband — which police say was the result of a murder-suicide agreement — made her first court appearance on Sunday and was ordered held without bond. Ellen Gilland fatally shot Jerry Gilland, 77, in his Daytona Beach hospital …
