DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A woman accused of killing her terminally-ill husband husband at a Daytona Beach hospital in January bonded out Friday, according to jail officials.
Ellen Gilland, 76, was arrested on Jan. 21 at AdventHealth Daytona Beach. She was indicted by a grand jury last week on charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter, reduced from the first-degree murder charge she originally faced.
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Gilland was initially denied bond when she faced first-degree murder charges.
“Based on the nature of the charge, Mrs. Gilland, I am going to hold you no bond on the murder charge and the remaining charges,” Judge Mary G. Jolley said during a hearing last month.
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However, a judge granted a $150,000 bond to Gilland on Thursday after her attorneys filed a motion requesting another bond hearing on the reduced charges.
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