Name: Ellen Jackson.
Died: February 16, 2015.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Blindness, diabetes, heart disease.
Details:
Ellen’s daughter allegedly left her home unheated and left Ellen alone on the floor to freeze to death.
Ellen was a good baker; her family especially remembers her coconut cream and chocolate pudding pies. She listened to gospel music and loved her three grandchildren.
Case status:
Mary Ellen Collins (Daughter), pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter.
Source:
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