DBackFan
08-14-2009, 07:10 PM
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (Aug. 14) -- Two sisters have been convicted of failing to provide adequate care their mother during the final months of her life.
According to the Kane County state's attorney's office, 57-year-old Jill Barry and 47-year-old Julie Barry were found guilty Thursday by Associate Judge Allen Anderson of one count each of criminal neglect of an elderly person. The sisters had waived their rights to a jury trial.
An Illinois judge found sisters Julie Barry, left, and Jill Barry, right, guilty of criminal neglect Thursday in the April 2007 death of their 84-year-old mother. The mother died of cancer and pneumonia complications after paramedics removed her from the sisters' care. The elderly woman was malnourished and had deep bedsores. Authorities said 84-year-old Mary Virginia Barry died of pneumonia on April 27, 2007 at Delnor-Community Hospital in Geneva.
The woman weighed 70 pounds when she died a week after paramedics removed her from the family home.
When paramedics removed the mother from the home, they found her dehydrated, suffering dementia and resting on filthy sheets while covered in ants, the Chicago Tribune reported. They also noted bedsores on the woman's back, one deep enough to reveal her vertebrae.
Coroners said Mary Barry's pneumonia was enhanced by a history of bladder cancer, malnourishment, dehydration and neglect. An inquest jury ruled the death a homicide, placing blame on the sisters.
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How could you do that to your MOTHER??? :mad:
According to the Kane County state's attorney's office, 57-year-old Jill Barry and 47-year-old Julie Barry were found guilty Thursday by Associate Judge Allen Anderson of one count each of criminal neglect of an elderly person. The sisters had waived their rights to a jury trial.
An Illinois judge found sisters Julie Barry, left, and Jill Barry, right, guilty of criminal neglect Thursday in the April 2007 death of their 84-year-old mother. The mother died of cancer and pneumonia complications after paramedics removed her from the sisters' care. The elderly woman was malnourished and had deep bedsores. Authorities said 84-year-old Mary Virginia Barry died of pneumonia on April 27, 2007 at Delnor-Community Hospital in Geneva.
The woman weighed 70 pounds when she died a week after paramedics removed her from the family home.
When paramedics removed the mother from the home, they found her dehydrated, suffering dementia and resting on filthy sheets while covered in ants, the Chicago Tribune reported. They also noted bedsores on the woman's back, one deep enough to reveal her vertebrae.
Coroners said Mary Barry's pneumonia was enhanced by a history of bladder cancer, malnourishment, dehydration and neglect. An inquest jury ruled the death a homicide, placing blame on the sisters.
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How could you do that to your MOTHER??? :mad: