A California couple has reportedly confessed to torturing and murdering an elderly Vietnam veteran then burning his body. Stacie Mendoza, 38, and Jose Mendoza, 36, are accused of killing retired contractor Kenneth Coyle, 70, on April 5 or 6 at his Hanford home. Days later, police said the couple—with their three children in tow—got a …
A San Antonio, Texas, caretaker is facing felony charges for allegedly leaving a disabled elderly woman in her own urine and feces for months. Per WOAI, San Antonio police made the startling discovery in June 2014. In addition to being covered in human waste, police said the victim had a leg wound that was so …
Feces, bugs and trash were everywhere. That’s what first responders saw when they came to the home of an elderly woman whose daughter has now been accused of elder abuse, WOWK-TV reports. On Tuesday, police in Charleston, West Virginia, arrested 41-year-old Peggy Quesenberry and charged her with abusing and neglecting her 75-year-old mother. The victim is …
Two Georgia nurses and an aide have been indicted in the 2014 death of an elderly World War II patient who reportedly begged for help right before their eyes. Authorities announced Wednesday that former Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation nurse Loyce Pickquet Agyeman was charged with felony murder and neglect to an elder person in …
A York County, Pennsylvania, woman allegedly stabbed her elderly grandfather in the chest with a steak knife and carving fork after he refused to give her his pain medication. According to WPMT, Ashley Nicole Remines, 25, is accused of stabbing her grandfather, Robert Yeaple Jr., Saturday night as he sat in his recliner. Family members reportedly told …
The state of Wisconsin has fined a Sun Prairie assisted-living facility after an elderly resident with dementia was found frozen to death outside last year. WISC reported that Faith Gardens was fined $4,200 and was ordered to not accept any new residents after Alice L. McGaw, 84, was found dead behind a nearby business on …
A video captured the tense moments when a caretaker slapped and berated a dementia patient before the elder’s daughter intervened and confronted her. Per the Daily Mail, the footage shows caretaker Stacey George, 46, abusing Sabina Marsden, 78, in the elder’s Kettering, England, home on June 13, 2017. She was also filmed telling Mardsen “God you stink” …
Authorities in Nevada have arrested the man they believe caused an elderly woman’s death during a recent California robbery. According to the Sacramento Bee, Las Vegas police arrested 21-year-old Kimani Randolph Thursday. He is currently being held on suspicion of robbery and violating his probation and is expected to be extradited to Sacramento County, California …
Hidden cameras reportedly caught a dying World War II veteran gasp for air and cry out for help—all while nurses laughed mere inches away. The footage obtained by WXIA allegedly captured a 2014 incident at Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation involving James Dempsey, 89. The video begins with Dempsey calling out for help at least six …
An Alabama man allegedly admitted to bludgeoning his 70-year-old mother to death with her own oxygen tank because she “wouldn’t stop crying.” WALA reported that police responded to a Mobile residence at around 10 a.m. Friday and found Carol Croucher dead from blunt trauma to her head. Her son, Joseph Wood, 47, supposedly confessed to killing his ill …
An elderly Virginia woman is recovering and her suspected attacker is facing attempted murder charges following an investigation into a residential fire Friday morning. According to WAVY, police responded to the Highland Springs home just before 6 a.m. and found the victim, identified by neighbors as a 78-year-old woman, inside. When a rescue crew transported …
Police say a Florida caregiver beat an elderly woman severely on Thursday and tried to set her house on fire all over an argument a will. New York Daily News reports that Roman Dusk, 65, became infuriated when the elderly lady informed him she planned to leave her home to someone else when she passed …
