(01-15) 11:16 PST MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- An 84-year-old woman shot her son-in-law dead from 200 yards away in a family feud, prosecutors said.
"There's no self-defense," Prosecutor Tom Cooper said.
Gertrude Raines was charged with second-degree murder. She remained in jail Wednesday in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Charles Davis, 62, was shot with a .22-caliber rifle, authorities said. Davis' wife, who is Raines' daughter, was standing next to her husband when he was shot Jan. 9. Raines' home is adjacent to that of her daughter and son-in-law in rural Pike County.
Cooper said the shooting stemmed from a feud over land.
Circuit Judge Ted Capeheart ordered Raines to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Cooper said that when deputies searched Raines' home, they found it dirty and in disarray.
"They caught 29 cats," he said. "There were at least 20 more that they couldn't catch."
Murfreesboro is about 50 miles northeast of Texarkana.
And I thought my mother-in-law was scary 
TQM
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"En boca cerrada, no entran moscas".
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