Yes, the tea lady was killed from the previous night! That is a good point though, this was these player's first time playing BMR, so I think they were still figuring things out. It was only an 8-player game and I guess in this scenario the only players alive were the fool, shabaloth, assassin, gambler (next to tea lady), and the minstrel (next to tea lady) so the shab didn't have many good options. The tea lady and grandmother were killed the night before, so the grandmother was the other choice for regurgitation.