An 85-year-old Idaho mother shot and killed a masked intruder who had taken her disabled son hostage while he slept in the hallway during a terrifying home invasion.
Bingham County Prosecutor Ryan Jolly said Wednesday that Kristin Jennian’s “grit, determination and will to live” after announcing that Jennian justifiably killed Derek Condon, 39, on March 13. “saved her that night.”
“This case presents a simple analysis of self-defense and justified homicide,” Jolly wrote in his review of the case. share According to the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office. “This is also one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I’ve ever heard.”
According to the book, Jenneyan was sleeping in her Bingham County home when she woke up around 2 a.m. to find Condon, wearing a military jacket and a black ski mask, shining a flashlight in her face and firing a 9mm bullet into her face. He allegedly pointed a gun at her.
She told investigators that Condon punched her while she was lying in bed, causing blood to bleed all over her pillow and bedroom floor.
Condon then handcuffed the elderly woman, took her at gunpoint to the living room, and demanded that she cough up valuables in the house.
Jeanian’s disabled son, David, was asleep during the assault, but she did not disclose that he was also in the home.
Condon handcuffed her to a wooden chair in the living room, where Geneian said she didn’t have many valuables with her, the report said.
After Condon put a gun to her head, he revealed that she had two safes downstairs in her home, according to the review.
The man who broke into the house then left the woman handcuffed in the living room and ransacked several rooms in the house looking for valuables belonging to the old woman.
Later, during a search, Condon found David Geneian and threatened to kill her multiple times because of her lies.
As Mr. Condon continued to search, Mr. Jennian, still handcuffed, dragged a chair and retrieved a .357 Magnum revolver from under a pillow, hiding the gun between the armrest and the cushion and saying, “I don’t know what Condon will do next.” “We were waiting to see if it would work,” the report said.
Prosecutors said that after Jenneyan threatened again, “Finally, he decided it was now or never, pulled out a hidden .357 magnum bullet, engaged Condon, and fired both shots at him.” Ta.
The violent home invader then opened fire with a pistol, striking the elderly woman in the abdomen, legs, arms, and chest.
Severely wounded, Condon ran into the kitchen and was shot and killed.
Geneian, riddled with bullet holes and handcuffed to a chair, “fell to the floor” and remained there for about 10 hours.
Police finally reached the injured 85-year-old man around 12:17 p.m. and “performed life-saving measures on her,” the report said.
She was rushed to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls and later released. EastIdahoNews.com report.
“It’s truly incredible that Christine survived this encounter,” Jolie wrote.
Investigators found a broken window in the back of Jenneian’s home and a screwdriver next to the door where Condon appeared to have broken into.
The review also shared that Condon had a lockpick on his body.
After ruling that Jennie-Ann had the right to use “deadly force,” the Idaho prosecutors said, “No person in this state should submit to legal risk of any kind to protect himself.” I will not be exposed,” he wrote.
“There was no apparent attempt by Condon to withdraw from the residence or surrender, which clearly did not occur based on the evidence,” Joly wrote.
“She’s 85 years old. Any sane person would think that she needed to protect herself and her disabled child under those circumstances.”
