Girl who hiccuped 50 times a minute for five weeks faces the death penalty after she's charged with murder

A Florida teenager who became famous with uncontrollable hiccups has been arrested and charged with murder for killing a man during a robbery.

She could face the death penalty.

Jennifer Mee became known as 'hiccup girl' and left doctors baffled when she began hiccuping 50 times a minute in 2007.

Now police in Tampa, Florida, say the 19-year-old was involved in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Shannon Griffin on Saturday.

Mee lured Griffin to a home where two men robbed him at gunpoint, according to police. When Griffin fought back he was allegedly shot and killed.

Mee and the others admitted their involvement, police said. All three have been charged with first degree murder, a charge that carriese the death penalty in Florida.

Mee became a mini celebrity with her hiccups. She appeared on multiple television programs and was flown with her mother to New York several times to appear on the Today show.

Months of incessant hiccups left her temporarily unable to attend school as she disrupted other students.

She tried home remedies and consulted medical specialists, a hypnotist, a chiropractor, and an acupuncturist, until the hiccups finally just stopped on their own.