 hit her in the head with a pistol while she was in her bed. Now, an 85-year-old who sustains trauma to the head from the back of a pistol, that could be enough of a blow to fracture her skull and kill her. Jenian told investigators that Condon took her to the living room, handcuffed her to a wooden chair, and asked her where the valuables were kept in her home, putting the gun against her head.