Lenoir, NC: Attorneys agree man’s low blood sugar led to killing wife

Man's bond set at $35,000 in killing of wife
Posted: 5:15 pm EDT October 31, 2011
Updated: 10:35 pm EDT October 31, 2011

LENOIR, N.C. -- Both prosecutors and his attorney agree that Herbert Peck did shoot and kill his wife, but was it his low blood sugar that led to that fatal shooting.
Peck said he does not remember anything about the night he shot and killed his wife Glenda. But he believes he knows what led to the shooting inside the couple’s home.
"(It’s) because I'm a diabetic," he said.
Deputies said they found Peck in a closet after he shot his wife several times.
"We have four experts to say that Mr. Peck's blood sugar was so low when he woke up in the middle of the night that he probably was never fully conscious," said his defense attorney, Victoria Jayne.
Glenda Peck's son was in the courtroom Monday, and told the judge he did not believe Herbert should be released on bond.
"You guys are literally letting an individual back onto the streets that has taken a life," Scott Hardin said.
But the judge set bond at $35,000 after both prosecutors and his attorney agreed on the bail. Peck will also be allowed to travel to Rochester, N.Y., to live with his son until the trial date.
"For this to be something prosecutors agreed to a $35,000 bond can't be good for any community," Hardin said.
Peck's family plans on returning to New York with their father Monday. Peck said he still loves the woman he's accused of killing even if he doesn't remember how she died.
"Of course I (loved her). Now I’m by myself."
The judge also ordered Peck not to leave his son’s home in New York without him. The family must also get in-home care while they are at work.
No trial date has been set in the case.