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An Oklahoma woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly gave her dementia-stricken mother a loaded gun moments before she shot herself.
Prosecutors say Jaye Dee Watts, 44, berated her 72-year-old mother Lynda Watts to the point of suicide in September in Jones, about 20 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.
Watts allegedly 'intentionally' provided the gun to Lynda and suggested she take her own life, saying 'Do with it what you fu***** will, b****.' according to court documents seen by KOCO.
The duo's home's ring security camera captured footage of the dramatic moments that led up to Lynda's suicide, per court documents.
Watts, her mother's primary caregiver, was seen on video verbally abusing Lynda as she helped her get into bed, calling her a 'toddler' and ordering her to 'take your pill or chock on it and die,' according to officials.
Prosecutors say Jaye Dee Watts, 44, berated her dementia-stricken 72-year-old mother Lynda Watts to the point of suicide in September
Watts posed for her mugshot in a bright pink T-shift that said: 'People suck'
She threatened to lock up Lynda in her bedroom before leaving the room and returning with a drill and the loaded handgun, according to prosecutors.
Watts then allegedly showed her mother how to remove the gun from its holster and threw it on her bed.
Lynda then shot herself twice.
Court documents claim Watts admitted to investigators that she gave her mother the gun.
After a warrant for her arrest was issued, Watts turned herself in and she was placed in jail in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
The mother and daughter lived together in the Jones, Oklahoma, home pictured above
Watts is charged with first-degree murder while in commission of a crime, second-degree murder, kidnapping and aiding suicide by furnishing a weapon
Watts then allegedly showed her mother how to remove the gun from its holster and threw it on her bed
Watts is charged with first-degree murder while in commission of a crime, second-degree murder, kidnapping and aiding suicide by furnishing a weapon.
She bonded out of jail for $1 million as she awaits trial.
Watts posed for her mugshot in a bright pink T-shift that said: 'People suck'.
Investigators said Watts told them, 'it sucks being a 24/7 caregiver.'
It's unclear if Watts had any other close family members in the picture - but her father Jay David Watts, who she was likely named after, died in 2011 at the age of 58.
According to Watts's now-deleted social media - she worked for T & J couture, which is registered online as a 'domestic limited liability company' based in Jones, Oklahoma.
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