Woman 'murdered her husband and buried his body in backyard' because she was 'tired' of taking care of him

'Till Death Do Us Part: Barbara Scott was charged with first degree murder for shooting her husband in the back of the head and then burying him in the couple's back yard

A Florida woman stands accused of fast forwarding her marriage vows — jumping straight to the 'until death do us part' bit.

Barbara Scott, 64, allegedly murdered her husband and buried his body in their herb garden because she was 'tired' of looking after him.



Police say she blasted 78-year old Benny in the head in January and then planted rosemary and parsley over his body.



She told friends he had left their home in Florida or was too sick to come to the phone when they asked about his whereabouts.



Details of Scott's scheme to cover up the alleged killing were revealed as a grand jury in Florida indicted her on first degree murder charges.



Scott had told a series of stories to family and friends to explain why her husband went missing from the home they shared in January.

She had initially told her daughter that her husband had slipped in the shower and suffered a fatal blow to the head.



She later changed her story and claimed her husband had committed suicide and shot himself.

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House of Horrors: After she buried him, Scott then planted rosemary and parsley over her husband's dead body

Digging up the Past: She told friends her husband had left their Florida or was too sick to come to the phone when they asked about his whereabouts

Scott told her daughter Sonya Braudway she panicked and buried her husband under their herb garden at their home in Lake Alfred, Florida.

After describing how she found her husband dead, she led police to a .22 gun that was kept in her underwear drawer.

But after her husband's body was exhumed, the autopsy showed he had been shot in the back of the head.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said witnesses told investigators Scott was tired of looking after her husband, who suffered from congestive heart failure and was dependent on a pacemaker .

Time Will Tell: Scott first told authorities her husband killed himself, but an autopsy revealed he was killed by a shot to the back of his head

Next of Kin: Her daughter, Sonya Braudway, became suspicious and brought Scott to the police

'Benny was always needing and wanting her assistance,' Judd said.



Justice? Authorities said Scott killed her husband Benny because she was 'tired' of taking care of him

'As he aged, he needed more attention. Barbara got tired of him. There was only one thing to do and that was to get him out of the way.'



The details surrounding his death began unraveling last month after Scott's daughter confronted her about her husband's whereabouts.



She took her mother to the police station where Scott told detectives her husband had killed himself.



Scott said she was so embarrassed of what other family members would think, she decided to bury him in the garden.



Investigators found the elderly man's body wrapped in a tarp, with a bag over his head and with his hands and feet bound together by ropes.



According to autopsy results, he died of a gunshot wound to the back of his head from a .22-caliber firearm.