This particular instance is unusual due to the age of the hero, but that just made her actions even more remarkable.
An 85-year-old mother in Bingham County came face-to-face with an armed intruder in her home. Normally she would fit the standard profile of a victim, but she is no normal mother.
Not only was she able to outwit her attacker, but she also got her hands on her .357 Magnum and proceeded to shoot the unfortunate home invader dead.
All this heroism was to save her adult disabled son.
The terrifying incident unfolded at approximately 2:00 a.m. when Christine Jenneiahn was awakened by the intruder, who was identified as 39-year-old Derek Condon. The first thing she saw was the man standing over her bed wearing a black ski mask and pointing a 9mm handgun at her.
He shined a flashlight in her face, likely further disorienting her.
Investigators determined that Condon hit his elderly victim so hard she bled from the blow. He then forced her into the living room where he handcuffed her to a chair.
Condon demanded that she produce valuables. Jenneiahn told him that she did not own much of worth, but then he pressed his pistol to her head.
Jenneiahn thought quickly, realizing that her disabled son was in the house and could be in mortal danger. She quickly decided to avoid mentioning that another person was present in hopes of protecting him.
The mother informed Condon that there were two safes located downstairs in which he could find the valuables he searched for. He then went in search of the safes, leaving his victim alone.
But she did not merely sit there and panic over her obviously dangerous plight. Instead, Jenneiahn was able to maneuver herself while bound to the chair to where she kept the loaded revolver.
The elderly woman coolly took out her handgun from under her pillow and waited for her violent attacker to come back upstairs. She hid the firearm between the armrest of the chair and a cushion, but her plan seemed to go awry at that point.
Condon returned, but now he was furious because he discovered her disabled son was home. As he raged, Jenneiahn realized this was her opportunity to strike — and she did.
She fired twice. He wildly attempted to fire back and managed to strike her four times, in the arm, leg, abdomen and chest. But his wounds were far worse.
Condon managed to retreat to the kitchen, but that’s as far as he made it before he died.
Meanwhile, Jenneiahn fell over to the floor where she remained for what had to have been an excruciating ten hours of pain. But her son was able to reach her and give her a phone, and she was finally able to summon help.
The wounds were apparently minor as she was rushed to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls for her injuries but then released.
Investigators later found a broken window in the rear of the home and a screwdriver by the door where the perpetrator is believed to have entered.
Bingham County Prosecutor Ryan Jolley was obviously impressed with Jenneiahn’s raw courage and iron will. He said that she depended on her “grit, determination and will to live,” and that is “what saved her that night.”
In the case review in which he obviously decided not to pursue charges, Jolley was generous in his praise for the intended victim. “This case presents an easy analysis of self-defense and justifiable homicide. It also presents one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I have ever heard of.”
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