Grandmother Selling Suicide Kits To Help People 'Die With Dignity'

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — She is a 91-year-old grandmother, who is not known for knitting afghans and scarves, but she does lovingly fashion hoods that kill. It's a story you'll see Friday night on CBS2 News at 11.

Charlotte started making and selling these suicide kits out of her cozy Southern California home after watching her husband die a slow and painful death from colon cancer. She blames doctors for keeping him alive.

"It was terrible to treat people that way… To make them suffer to the bitter end," Charlotte said.

Charlotte, who sells her controversial kits for $60, demonstrated how they work in front of our cameras.

"To die with this helium just takes you a couple of minutes and [you] die peacefully," said Charlotte, who only wanted to be identified by her first name.

A loophole in California law makes selling these kits legal, but the ethical controversy remains heated.

Watch our full report Friday night at 11 on CBS2 News.