Woman Charged with Felony Murder against Elderly Mother

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Soraya Dadras

A Marietta, GA woman stands charged with felony cruelty to the elderly as she is accused of killing her 80-year-old mother. Police responded to a call at the elderly woman’s home where they found her with various injuries that indicated she had been neglected and authorities said she needed immediate medical attention.

The elderly woman was transported to a medical facility for treatment but she died of the injuries she sustained in the incident. Her 49-year-old daughter was being held without bond at Cobb County jail charged with felony murder on top of the felony cruelty charge.

In the state of Georgia, when a person directly causes the death of another whether or not they had any malicious intent, the charge of felony murder could be filed. However, in order for the charge of murder to be applied, there should also be an underlying charge, which in this case is the charge of felony cruelty. If a court finds the 49-year-old woman guilty of both charges, she could get life imprisonment or even the death penalty. This is one detail that most perpetrators of elder abuse resulting in death don’t take into account. Perpetrators usually just think of the short term in that they won’t have to deal with helping the elderly person they are neglecting or abusing. Most people think since they are in an advanced age, it is not worth helping them.

This couldn’t be further from the truth, however. We should always do everything that we possibly can in order to help our loved ones. Nobody deserves to be left to die in their home or in a nursing home or elder care facility. Perpetrators of elder abuse and neglect should realize not only are they giving up on the lives of the elderly people they are victimizing, but they are inevitably giving up on their own lives if they get caught for their crimes. The penalties they could face could be very serious and they could face significant jail time for their actions. When a person deliberately abuses or neglects an elderly individual, they should be held accountable for their actions and they should face the proper penalties for their crimes.
 
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