'Hiccup Girl' Charged With Murder in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. - A teenage girl WHO became famous after hiccuping uncontrollably for weeks has Been Charged with luring a man to a house Where they was robbed and fatally shot.

Jennifer Mee, 19, of St. Petersburg and two others are Charged with first-degree murder in the death of Shannon Griffin, 22, is on Saturday.

Mee's unusual condition has landed her on NBC's "Today Show" in 2007 and got a hug from her country music star Keith Urban.

But her life Fell into disarray "when the hiccups finally stopped after five weeks They started. She ran away from home and her family Twice Sued has a Hiccup cure company for allegedly using her image for profit without permission.

"I've said for a while now, her case of the hiccups wasn't a case of the hiccups, it was a curse of the hiccups," Mee's mother, Rachel Robidoux, 93.3 WFLZ Told the "MJ Morning Show" in Tampa on Monday. She Said She Did not Know Exactly What Happened, But described the situation as a nightmare and said her daughter had occurred Not lived with her in a year.

Sgt. T.A. Skinner, of the St. Petersburg Police Department said in a news release That Mee Griffin lured to a home Where the others robbed him at gunpoint. Griffin struggled with the suspects and was shot Several times, police said.

Skinner said Mee and the others admitted Their Involvement.

Police records show she lived in a three-story brick apartment building across from Somewhere Griffin was killed. Mee's Neighbors - WHO Did not Want To Be Identified - said the People Who lived in her second-floor apartment were often loud.

Mee's hiccups - up to 50 a minute - gained her notoriety in 2007. She tried Home Remedies and Medical Specialists consulted, a hypnotist and an acupuncturist, until the hiccups have finally stopped Their Own.

It is her MySpace page, Mee describes herself as a "female version of a hustla" and ADDS That "Her Heart is still in Vermont," where her father lives. She last logged into her page on Sunday.

She was being Held without bond early Monday. Pinellas County Jail records show Did not Whether she HAD an attorney. She is Scheduled for a court appearance Monday afternoon at the Pinellas County Court in Clearwater.