KS - Raymond McManness arrested for first degree murder of his mother, who weighed 58 lbs., Feb 2019

[deathvalley69]

Kansas man is charged with murdering his 75-year-old mother after she died weighing 58 pounds and 'suffering from open bed sores that were bone deep'

• Raymond McManness, 51, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 75-year-old mother Sharon McManness
• He called 911 on January 23 to report that she had stopped breathing at her home in Olathe, Kansas
• Sharon, who had dementia and weighed just 58 pounds, was pronounced dead when police arrived
• Police said she was 'emaciated' and had a bedsore that was 'open to the bone'
• Mattress where she was found was covered in blood and urine, as well as human and animal feces
• Soiled clothes that appeared to be cut off the victim were found in a trash can in the driveway

 

[moonriverfarm]

I have no words.

 

[cuttlebone]

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"; and then there's this.

 

[PommyMommy]

Bless her heart, poor woman. Sickening!

 

[PommyMommy]

Kansas man is charged with murdering his 75-year-old mother after she died weighing 58 pounds and 'suffering from open bed sores that were bone deep'

• Raymond McManness, 51, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 75-year-old mother Sharon McManness
• He called 911 on January 23 to report that she had stopped breathing at her home in Olathe, Kansas
• Sharon, who had dementia and weighed just 58 pounds, was pronounced dead when police arrived
• Police said she was 'emaciated' and had a bedsore that was 'open to the bone'
• Mattress where she was found was covered in blood and urine, as well as human and animal feces
• Soiled clothes that appeared to be cut off the victim were found in a trash can in the driveway

Also from the article:

"Police who searched her home reported finding no medications, no clean clothing, no working telephone and minimal food. Dog feces and urine was also found throughout the house.

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Preliminary findings from the medical examiner's office said the woman likely died from an infection caused by open bed sores.

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An examination also showed Sharon had bruising on her jaw area, wrists and the upper part of her head.

He said he had been living with her but moved out about six months before she died because she kept him awake at night.

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Court records said McManness went to the Kansas Department of Aging weeks before his mother died and was told he needed to take her to a doctor.

He told police he didn't take her because he was 'busy due to the holiday season' and he was 'scared because he had not been taking adequate care of her'."

 

[Fairy1]

Something is terribly, terribly wrong in our society.

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Also from the article:

Court records said McManness went to the Kansas Department of Aging weeks before his mother died and was told he needed to take her to a doctor.

He told police he didn't take her because he was 'busy due to the holiday season' and he was 'scared because he had not been taking adequate care of her'."

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Oh my gosh. What is wrong with him? And if it there was any evidence that he was unstable/incompetent/malicious/mentally and physically overwhelmed, I wish the Dept of Aging folks could have intervened. I'm sure there are legal barriers, but maybe laws need to change.

God bless the loving caregivers who drive themselves to exhaustion every day in service of their families. This guy couldn't be that person for his poor mother.