Woman convicted of murdering her great-aunt
BARNSTABLE, Mass.—A Cape Cod woman is going away to prison for life.
A Barnstable County Superior Court jury on Friday convicted Robin Casali of first-degree murder, in the death of her great-aunt, Winifred Moniz.
The 73-year-old Moniz was stabbed to death in her East Falmouth cottage back in June of 2006.
Prosecutors said Casali, who lived next door, robbed Moniz to feed a drug habit.
She was also found guilty of armed assault with the intent to rob, attempt to murder a person over 60, armed robbery, possession of heroin, and possession of marijuana.
The defense argued unsuccessfully that Moniz was killed by her husband.
It took seven days of trial and 13 hours of deliberation for the jury to convict Casali.
She was sentenced to life without parole.
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what a terrible terrible person. I only hope that her family can find some closure knowing that she will NEVER be able to harm anyone every again.drugs obviously werent the only issues, seems to me she had some mental health problems as well. such a tragedy.
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