Prison nurse accused of killing guard after escape attempt

PRISON nurse Jennifer Forsyth was fired last year for sneaking food to an inmate. A few months later, she got permission from the warden to marry that inmate, George Hyatte, a man with a long and violent criminal record.

Now the 31-year-old woman from Utah, who had never been in trouble with the law, is charged with gunning down a correctional officer on Tuesday in a brazen attempt to help her new husband escape.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson said on Wednesday: "You are left grappling for answers and trying to figure it out. What was she thinking?"