SON FACES MURDER IN DAD'S DEATH.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Prosecutors have charged with murder a 51-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 already serving a three-year prison sentence for abusing his 89-year-old father. 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. last December, eight days before his father died in a hospital. ``After reviewing all the medical evidence, we believe the evidence shows beyond a reasonable doubt that the beating he inflicted on his father was the cause of his father's death and hastened his death,'' Deputy District Attorney Alisanne Scolnik said. McDonald, who is serving his sentence at Avenal State Prison Avenal State Prison (ASP) is a state prison in California, USA. Opened in January 1987, it is low-medium security (Level II) prison. In 2002/2003, ASP had a budget of $98 million and 814 correctional officers. Designed for 2,320 inmates, it now houses over 7,620. , is expected to be returned to Lancaster Superior Court later this month for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted on the new charge, Scolnik said. An autopsy found there were multiple causes of death for the elder McDonald's death, ``but they were set in course by the beating,'' Scolnik said. The motive for the beating was not known, Scolnik said. 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. |
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