Christina Fetters, who killed her aunt when aged 15, released to hospice care with Stage 4 Breast Cancer Christina Fetters, who was jailed for murdering her great-aunt at the age of 15, has been released after doctors said she is dying of breast cancer. A DYING prisoner sentenced to life in prison for murdering her great-aunt at the age of 15 has been granted parole. In 1995, Iowa teenager Christina Fetters was convicted of murdering her 73-year-old great-aunt Arlene Klehm, the Des Moines Register reports. Fetters, now 33 and suffering from Stage 4 breast cancer, and has been released to hospice care due to her failing health. Fetters can no longer walk, is often in pain and is tended to by specially trained inmates. The parole board ruled she would receive better care in a hospice facility. A judge recently re-sentenced Fetters, making her eligible for parole after a US Supreme court ruling last year declared prisoners cannot be sentenced to life in prison if convicted as juveniles. Fetters, who was 14 at the time of the murder, killed her great-aunt by bashing her with a frying pan and then stabbing her to death with kitchen knives. Fetters and another girl had escaped from a mental institution earlier that day. Prosecutors said Fetters had a plan to rob her great-aunt, while her defence lawyers said Fetters was suffering trauma after rape and child abuse that had made her psychotic. Darcy Olson, Fetters" aunt, told the parole board that the family had suffered enough and wanted the inmate released so she could spend her final days with her family. "This has been a 19 year old tragedy for my family," a tearful Ms Olson said after the decision, WHOTV.com reports. This will bring closure for my family. This will help us all cope a little bit better with the situation. Doctors are divided on how long Fetters has left to live. Oncologist Dr Robert Shreck told the parole board Fetters was in pain but that treatment had successfully shrunk her breast tumour. However, the parole board decided on "compassionate release," noting that Fetters had taken responsibility for her great-aunt's death, was not a threat to society and would get better care in a hospice. If her condition improves, the parole board will reconsider her release. Fetters is currently in hospital in Iowa City, but is likely to be paroled and assigned to a hospice within the next two week weeks, the Des Moines Register reports.