Name: Jeanette Brown.
Died: January 22, 2018.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Halifax, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Bipolar disorder.
Details:
Jeanette was shot by her husband. He claimed that he had “felt sorry for her” because of her bipolar disorder and that it had been a “mercy killing”.
Jeanette and her sisters used to sing at nursing homes. She had bought seeds for a garden she was planning to plant that year.
Case status:
John Frederick Brown (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.
Source:
Brown gets life for wife’s murder | South Boston Virginia News | TheNewsRecord.com
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