Name: Joanne Marcella Wheeler.
Died: January 11, 2021.
Age at death: 87.
Cause of death: Shooting.
Location: Medford, Oregon, USA.
Disability: Unspecified chronic illness; frail elder.
Details:
Joanne was shot to death.
Police say her husband told them that he had shot her because he believed that due to her health problems, she would be “better off dead than alive”.
Joanne enjoyed acrylic, oil, and watercolor painting. Her granchildren called her “Booma”.
Case status:
James Edward Wheeler (Husband), charged with second-degree murder; died before trial.
Source:
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