QUARTZ HILL MAN ORDERED TO TRIAL IN FATHER'S SLAYING DAD DIED AFTER SEVERE BEATING; SON IMPRISONED ON ABUSE CHARGE.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - A 52-year-old Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill man serving a three-year prison sentence for beating his 89-year-old father has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he murdered him. Richard McDonald pleaded no contest to elder abuse Elder Abuse Definition Elder abuse is a general term used to describe harmful acts toward an elderly adult, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect, including self-neglect. in December 2001, eight days before his father died in a hospital. ``The cause of death was pre-existing conditions, but because of those conditions, the injuries he received caused his health to fail rapidly. He died faster than he would have if he had not received those injuries,'' Deputy District Attorney Kelly Cromer said. ``It's a real old legal principal: If you hasten has·ten v. has·tened, has·ten·ing, has·tens v.intr. To move or act swiftly. v.tr. 1. To cause to hurry. 2. someone's death even by a short amount of time, you are guilty of murder.'' McDonald was ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing Monday. The defendant had told authorities that there had been an argument and that he was drunk, Cromer said. The defendant could not remember what the argument was about. A sheriff's deputy who talked to the victim at the hospital said the victim told him there was no argument and that he didn't know why his son beat him, Cromer said. McDonald's attorney could not be reached for comment. The defendant was sentenced in April 2002 to three years in state prison. He has been transferred to county jail awaiting the murder trial. The elder McDonald died less than three weeks after being beaten. Joseph Nelson McDonald was hospitalized Dec. 15, when he was taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital suffering from injuries to the head. Richard McDonald was arrested that day on suspicion of assault with great bodily injury. Richard McDonald pleaded no contest Dec. 26 to elder abuse. Joseph McDonald died at the hospital Jan. 3. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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