The trial for a woman accused of capitalizing on a dying woman’s estate remains on schedule to start later next month.
Heather Driscoll will face a jury starting Oct. 19 in Payson. Driscoll’s former husband, Michael Lowe, will stand trial starting Nov. 1 for his alleged larger role in taking over Alicia Christopherson’s estate.
A grand jury indicted both more than a year ago — Driscoll on charges of theft from a vulnerable adult for an amount less than $25,000, and Lowe for Christopherson’s estate which was close to half a million.
The case turns on whether Christopherson was legally capable of altering her estate in 2003 making Lowe the sole trustee. She had established the trust originally in 1993 with her grandson, Roger Wolfram, the beneficiary. Through the years, Christopherson changed the beneficiary several times — including one version in which she would have left the bulk of the estate to Hospice.
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Trial for Woman Accused of Taking Elderly Woman's Assets Starts October 19
Boy, the vultures get you when you're down, don't they?
ReplyDeleteVery sad. It makes me sick to see someone taking advantage of a dying or vulnerable person.
ReplyDeleteAt least there is a trial. Usually, there is no justice.
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