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WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING GRANDMOTHER HAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HISTORY

(Eaton, OH)--More information became available Thursday in the tragic murder of a 93-year-old Eaton woman at the hands of her own granddaughter earlier this week.  Heidi Matheny admitted to drowning Alice Matheny – first in the kitchen sink and then in a bathtub.  Heidi had been her grandmother’s caregiver.  According to a police report obtained Thursday, investigators asked Heidi Matheny what led up to the drowning.  Her response was “Nothing special.  It was like any other day.”  Heidi had been arrested for domestic violence last year.  Details of that case have not yet become available.