Richard Stryker, for murdering her in 1993. A recent example of this in Massachusetts was the Richard Stryker case, in which the family of Dr. I’ve previously written about relatives of murder victims filing wrongful death lawsuits against persons who have been accused – but not yet convicted – of the murder of their loved one. In legal parlance, the suit alleges that “Linda Whitaker negligently and carelessly failed to properly monitor, supervise and observe Joshua Whitaker, who she knew … had a history of violent and deviant behavior.” The complaint also accuses the Whitakers of “conscious pain and suffering” and infliction of emotional distress. The Owens’ lawsuit alleges that Joshua Whitaker had previously been undergoing psychiatric treatment for violent tendencies, that his mother Linda Whitaker knew this, that she was at home at the time of the murder, and that she should have known her son had not been complying with his psychiatric treatment and medication regimen for a considerable period of time prior to the murder. The suit alleges that Joshua Whitaker had a “long history of violent and deviant behavior,” and centrally, claims that Whitaker’s mother, who he lived with, Linda Whitaker, knew or should have known about her son’s violent personality, and undertaken efforts or measures to monitor or control it. Now, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Hampden Superior Court against the Whitakers.
#MASS MOTHER MURDERER DASHINGDON TRIAL#
Whitaker admitted to a paramedic: “I’m a murderer.” Testimony at the defendant’s murder trial established that Whitaker’s mother, Linda Whitaker, is the person who initially called police to report “a girl being assaulted and missing.” At his trial, Whitaker’s defense lawyer admitted to jurors that Whitaker bludgeoned Owens with pruning shears, a log and a set of dumbbells. Owens, who was murdered in Hampden, Massachusetts on August 15 2006. Whitaker, 23, was sentenced to life in the maximum security prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, after being convicted of the grisly murder of Kelsea L. the criminal justice that’s already been obtained,) the parents of a 16-year-old Massachusetts murder victim have filed a $1 million lawsuit against her killer and his mother. In a case that one can only hope will produce civil justice (vs.
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