A Florida woman allegedly told police that she helped her elderly mother end her life upon her request.
Martha Jo Blake, 66, was charged with first-degree murder after her 97-year-old mother, Patricia Blake, was found dead in her home on Dec. 26. According to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, Patricia Blake’s death was determined to be a homicide after an autopsy revealed evidence of “something being placed on [her] face” along with other signs of possible strangulation.
Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to Patricia Blake’s home on the morning of Dec. 26. Martha Blake was there, and she told police that she last saw her mother alive the night before. Her story changed after the autopsy took place…