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Cops: 'Hiccup girl' was transient before slaying

Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:32 PM EDT
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Tamara Lush, Associated Press

An Oct. 24, 2010 photo provided by the Pinellas County, Fla., Sheriff's Office shows Jennifer Mee, 19, of St. Petersburg, Fla. Mee, whose uncontrollable hiccups brought her worldwide attention in 2007, is charged in the killing of a 22-year-old man during a robbery. Mee and two others are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Shannon Griffin on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Sgt. T. A. Skinner of the St. Petersburg Police Department says Mee lured Griffin to a home where the others robbed him at gunpoint. Police say Griffin was shot several times. )(AP Photo/Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

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ST PETERSBURG — Police say a young Florida woman once known for unstoppable hiccups was living a transient life before she was charged this week with murder.

Investigator Mike Kovacsev (koh-VAH-sev) from the St. Petersburg police told NBC's "Today" show Tuesday that 19-year-old Jennifer Mee had been living in a series of motels and apartments. Mee was thrust into brief fame as a teenager in 2007 by uncontrollable hiccups that drew national media attention.

Mee and two men were charged Sunday with first-degree murder in the death of a 22-year-old man. Mee allegedly lured the man to a meeting Saturday, where he was robbed and shot.

Mee's constant hiccups stopped on their own after five weeks. Her mother told Tampa radio station WFLZ on Monday that Mee had not lived with her in a year.

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She was probably waitin' so that her hiccups wouldn't "give her away"...(sarc). This is a very sad story, when such a young woman gets caught up in bad things:-(

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Reply#1 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:22 PM EDT
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missrighteous

Well, that's what happens when you use your child to gain fame.

Putting her on 50+ morning shows was NOT necesary to find a cure.

Soon enough, the girl believes she is only good for one thing: hiccuping. When that is gone, you move on to bigger and better things in order to gain the same amount of attention.

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Reply#3 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:35 PM EDT
Bdobb

Maybe she didn't mean to shoot...hiccups and a hair-trigger gun with a crazy girl behind it makes a dangerous combination.

    Reply#4 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:17 PM EDT
    Martin FEDWAY

    She could have practicing her Kegal exercises and the gun went off

      #4.1 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:26 PM EDT
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      DEATHNELL J.

      Not the kind of fame "I" would want......

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      Reply#5 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:23 PM EDT
      mike lonkouski

      Okay, so if some ugly chick with the hiccups tries to lure you to her home, don't go.

      Got it!

      • 2 votes
      Reply#6 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:07 PM EDT
      DEATHNELL J.

      OK Mike...I nearly "peed" in my pants!!!!!! LLLLLLLLL(cross legs)OL!!!!

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      #6.1 - Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:37 AM EDT
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      cjfromMN

      Whats wrong with Florida women. Is this a place where being famous is a status symbol. I cant think of a state, no help to the NEWS MEDIA, where there are so many naughty girls!

        Reply#7 - Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:16 AM EDT
        asomatous

        Strange story, sounds like her home environment was unsound if her parents thought it was best to expose a shy girl to the world in that way

          Reply#8 - Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:19 AM EDT
          Donny-1160177

          What's the moral of that story?

          Be careful of who you meet online. You don't know who they really are or who they could be. Not that excuses what she did, but in these days, it's better to be safe than sorry.

          Another thing. It would be interesting to see how this case turns out

            Reply#9 - Tue Nov 2, 2010 7:45 PM EDT
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