An 85-year-old woman living in rural Idaho is summoned. for her heroic actions After she was the victim of a brutal home invasion.
According to the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, officers were called to the residence on March 13 and found a man dead from gunshot wounds and the elderly homeowner also injured.
Bingham County Prosecutor Ryan Jolly said the home invasion began around 2 a.m. when 39-year-old Derek Ephriam Condon parked a car a mile away and used a screwdriver to gain access to the home through a window. did. He was wearing a military jacket and a black ski mask.
Condon woke Christine Geneian by hitting her in the head with a gun. Police said blood was found on her pillow to support her claims.
The man then dragged Jeanian into the living room and handcuffed her to a wooden chair. He demands that she tell him where her valuables are, and she becomes furious when he says she doesn’t have much of hers. That’s when he held her gun to her head, she said.
She told him there were two safes downstairs, and Condon searched the safes while handcuffing her. He then learned that her disabled son was also at her home, and he became angry that she didn’t tell him about her son.
When he moved away from her again, Jenny Ann was able to drag her chair to the pillow and retrieve the .357 Magnum revolver. She hid her gun and waited to see what Condon would do next.
Jolly said Condon threatened to kill her during the burglary at her home, so Jeanniene decided to take a chance and fired at the man.
Condon was hit twice but was able to fire back at the woman, striking her multiple times in the leg, arm, chest and abdomen with the 9mm gun.
The man went to the kitchen where he died from his injuries.
Jeannie-Anne remained on the floor, handcuffed to a chair, for 10 hours until her son brought her a phone so she could call the police. She was given life-saving treatment and taken to the hospital.
Jolly said police found Condon’s car near the house and there were footprints leading to the house. They also found a set of lockpicks and a bag containing some of the woman’s belongings on Condon’s body.
The incident was determined to be a “justifiable homicide” under the Idaho Penal Code, Jolly said.
He called the incident “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I’ve ever seen.”
“It seems like her grit, determination and will to live saved her that night,” Jolie added. “Christine was right to do everything she could to protect herself and her son that night.”
Reports regarding this incident are as follows:
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