Name: Robert Jones.
Died: February 8, 2017.
Age at death: 61.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
Disability: Fetal alcohol syndrome.
Details:
Robert was found beaten to death, propped up in his recliner with a cigarette in his hand. Police arrested his nice and her husband, who had been his caregivers, and charged them with murder. They proved his niece had beaten him to death, then tried to pose his body so that it looked like a natural death.
Case status:
Tynisha Hall (Niece), pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 20 years, suspended after serving 15 years.
Brent Whiteman (Niece’s husband), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 7 years.
Source:
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