A man was found guilty Tuesday of second-degree manslaughter in the death last year of his 88-year-old mother, which prosecutors called one of the most horrific cases of elder abuse they have ever seen.Jurors in King County Superior Court had been deliberating for about a day before returning the verdict against Christopher Wise, 42. At the same time, the jury found Wise not guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter.
He faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced.
When King County sheriff's deputies found Rudy Wise's body in her bed June 16 she had withered away to 70 pounds and was covered in bedsores.
The King County Medical Examiner's Office attributed her death to complications from eight large bedsores.
Wise testified last week that he loved his mother, who insisted she wanted to die at home.
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Black Diamond Man Found Guilty in Bedsore Death of His Mother
There is no excuse.
ReplyDeleteI pray for her comfort now in another world. I am sorry for what she went though at the hands of her son or her son's neglect.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me sick to think of it. His own mother?????????
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