A 96-year-old man is going through an tried homicide cost after police in Kentucky say tried to kill his aged spouse affected by dementia.
Seymour Taffler, who lives in Berea, about 40 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky, was arrested after police mentioned he tried to kill his 90-year-old spouse on Friday, courtroom information obtained by USA TODAY present.
In response to a police report, officers with Berea Police Division responded to a house for a attainable home violence state of affairs and met a girl who instructed police her father had “simply snapped on her mom.”
The daughter instructed police she discovered her father standing over her mom “in an obvious try to smother her,” the report reveals, and he or she forcibly eliminated her father from her mom.
The girl instructed police her father was attempting to smother the sufferer for 15-20 minutes, police mentioned.
In response to the report, the officer discovered the person’s spouse in a recliner sleeping “with blood over her nostril and mouth.”
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‘She was able to die’
The husband instructed the officer he was laying in the identical room together with his spouse and admitted he “smoothened her with a pillow as a result of they didn’t have lengthy to reside” and his spouse instructed him a number of occasions “she was able to die.”
The husband, the report continues, additionally mentioned his spouse suffered from dementia.
The person’s spouse, who the report says “seemed to be extraordinarily frightened” was taken to a hospital to be handled for her accidents, based on the report, and her husband was booked into jail on Saturday.
The spouse’s situation was not instantly identified on Wednesday.
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Bond set at $25,000, plea not but entered
A Madison County District Courtroom clerk instructed USA TODAY on Wednesday that Taffler had not but entered a plea within the case and was set to be arraigned on Nov. 14.
The clerk mentioned his bond was listed at $25,000 on Wednesday.
It was not instantly identified if Taffler had obtained an legal professional.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Attain her at nalund@usatoday.com and comply with her on X @nataliealund.
