CHARLOTE, NC
Multiple media outlets reported a federal jury found 21-year-old
Larry Whitfield not guilty of murder Friday in the death of Mary
Parnell last year. But they did find him guilty of causing her
death by kidnapping her, and that carries an automatic life
sentence.
Prosecutors say Whitfield was looking for somewhere to hide
after a failed bank robbery attempt in Gastonia in September 2008
when he broke into Parnell's home.
Authorities say Whitfield never touched the grandmother, but she
suffered a heart attack when she saw him, and he didn't call for
help.
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