A Florida woman was arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder after she allegedly admitted to smothering her terminally ill boyfriend with a pillow last month.
A longtime friend of 69-year-old Margaret Kearny told police that she admitted to killing Gary Polony, who suffered rectal cancer, on Dec. 20 and expressed “disgust” at caring for him.
“The witness relayed the defendant told her she planned to cover the victim with a blanket while he was dead in bed, sleep on the couch, and when the nurse came the following day, they would assume the victim died in his sleep,” the affidavit states.
After hearing a “controlled phone call” provided by the witness, detectives determined Kearney “confirmed that she used a pillow to smother the victim.”
Later that day, Kearney allegedly revealed details of the murder to detectives including how she “placed a pillow on [the victim’s] face for a duration of up to five minutes.”
“The defendant confirmed the victim was alive and alert when she placed the pillow on the victim’s face and was no longer breathing when she removed the pillow.”
Kearney added that she killed Polony to “prevent him from being in further pain.”
