Home Invasion Scared Grandmother to Death, Coroner Says

Deadly Wilson home invasion moves to Northampton County Court.

Before the robbery, Carrie Smith was a senior citizen who helped other senior citizens, driving them to and from appointments. Then on Jan. 15, 2012, two men broke into her home, threatened her with a gun and frightened her so much she had a heart attack, which caused her health to decline for two months until she died. Essentially, the robbery scared Carrie Smith to death.  That's according Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek, who testified Friday in a preliminary hearing for Rebecca Johnson, Smith's granddaughter and—prosecutors say—one of the architects of the robbery that killed the 76-year-old Wilson woman. "She needed constant care and attention," following the robbery, Lysek said. "She functioned perfectly fine prior to Jan. 15…

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