Jennifer Mee, who gained national attention a few years ago for a weeks-long case of the hiccups, is back in the news for a far different reason: She's been charged with murder. Mee, 19, and two men have been charged with first degree homicide in the killing of a man in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday (Oct. 23), the AP reports. Police say Mee -- whose hiccups landed her on the "Today" show in 2007 -- lured 22-year-old Shannon Griffin to a house where Laron Raiford, 20, and Lamont Newton, 22, robbed him. Griffin was then shot after a struggle and died from his wounds.
Mee, Newton (who Mee's father says is her boyfriend) and Raiford are all cooperating in the investigation, police say.
Mee's mother, Rachel Robidoux, says the notoriety from her hiccups changed Jennifer (pictured above with Robidoux in 2007). She also says her daughter was "naive."
"She was easily misled," Robidoux tells The Tampa Tribune. "This is not the Jennifer I know."
Mee appeared on "Today" in 2007 for her unusual bout of hiccups. He was hiccuping as much as 50 times a minute; they lasted for more than a month before going away.
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