A teenager who attracted national media attention after she couldn't stop hiccuping for five weeks has been charged with first-degree murder, officials said.
Jennifer Mee, 19, appeared on NBC's TODAY several times in 2007 because of her condition, which caused her to hiccup up to 50 times a minute.
She tried various cures without success, until the hiccups eventually stopped. The teenager said at the time it was not known exactly why, but credited various different treatments given by doctors.
In a statement released late Sunday, Sgt. T.A. Skinner, of St. Petersburg Police, Fla., said Mee had been arrested along with Laron Raiford, 20, and Lamont Newton, 22.
All three have been charged with first-degree murder and, if found guilty, they could face the death penalty under Florida law.
Skinner said victim Shannon A. Griffin was found with "several gunshot wounds to his upper body."
Investigators believe Griffin was the victim of an armed robbery, he said.
"Jennifer Mee lured the victim" to the scene of the shooting, Skinner alleged.
He added that Raiford and Newton "robbed him (the victim) at gunpoint and took miscellaneous items from his person."
Griffin was shot and killed during a struggle, according to Skinner's statement.
The police officer added that the three accused had admitted their involvement.
Mee was being held without bond early Monday. Pinellas County jail records did not show whether she has an attorney.
Telephone numbers listed for Mee's mother have been disconnected.
