Name: Bonnie Kornhaber.
Died: June 4, 2021.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Wheelchair user.
Details:
Bonnie returned from the hospital in a wheelchair, with her husband to care for her; but he neglected her. When she fell out of her wheelchair, he left her on the floor for months, until she eventually died; paramedics found multiple severe bedsores. During his trial, her husband said he had not called for help because he was embarrassed about the state of their cluttered and dirty house.
Case Status:
Louis Kornhaber (Husband), guilty of second-degree murder and neglect of a disabled or elder adult resulting in serious physical injury; sentenced to 94 to 125 months.
Sources:
Man sentenced for killing wife inside Mecklenburg County home
Wife Slipped Out of Wheelchair and Couldn’t Move on Floor. Husband Left Her There for Months to Die
Man left disabled wife to die on floor for 6 months despite ‘insect activity’
Man sentenced after his wheelchair-bound wife was found dead on pile of trash in ‘hoarder house’
Hoarder Louis Kornhaber convicted of murdering his wife