Search:
StoriesVideos
Home News 

Story

Bond Set in Atlanta Retirement Home Murder

Relative Apologizes for Woman After Hearing

Friday, June 24, 2005 – updated: 8:05 am EDT June 25, 2005

A Fulton County judge agreed Friday to set a $25,000 bond for a 78-year-old woman accused of shooting her 85-year-old boyfriend at their senior citizens home after he apparently lost interest in her.

A sheriff's deputy walks Lena Driskell into court for her bond hearing.

Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks agreed to release Lena Driskell after a preliminary hearing in the case was held at the Fulton courthouse.

The judge ruled that the woman must wear an ankle monitor, remain under house arrest and reside with her granddaughter.

Police said the woman was angry that her yearlong romance with Winslow was coming to an end. Investigators said Winslow had found another girlfriend.

So on June 10, Driskell -- wearing a hairnet, stockings, bathrobe and slippers -- walked with a gun to the lobby of Hightower Manor, a public-assisted complex for seniors and the disabled. She found Winslow sitting on a couch reading a newspaper, pressed a gun to his forehead and shot twice, police said.

When officers arrived, she turned toward them and waved the gun, her finger still poised on the trigger, police Lt. Doug Little said.

Little said she ranted, "I did it, and I'd do it again."

Days before the shooting, the couple had just returned from a vacation in Orlando. During the hearing, relatives of Winslow cried as a detective recounted what happened.

After the hearing, relatives of the woman offered an apology.

"I knew Mr. Winslow and he was a very sweet person and I'm very sorry," said Lena Holt, the granddaughter of the suspect, said through tears. "We have no control over what she did, but we are very and we do feel for them."

Channel 2 Action News reporter Tiffani Reynolds contributed to this report.

More Headlines

2 Investigates

Check Investigation
The chairman of the Carroll County Commission takes pride in what he says is the transparency of his local government. Every check written by the county is supposed to be posted on the county's website. But, it turns out, everything was not there. Full Story ››


The agency which certifies police officers and jailers is calling for a change after a Channel 2 Investigation found nearly 1400 certified officers with criminal records. In some cases, the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, or POST, didn't know about the arrests until we told them. Full Story ››


A Channel 2 viewer called us about his red light camera ticket trouble and the nine month fight to clear his name. He says the picture on the ticket proves it wasn't him. He's tried to get the mistake fixed and we did too -- but hit roadblock after roadblock. Channel 2's John Bachman has the investigation. Full Story ››


Local Deals