The person charged with making an attempt to kill his sister, who not too long ago woke from a two-year coma and recognized him as her attacker, mysteriously died whereas in custody final week.
Daniel Palmer III died Thursday simply days after he was arrested in connection to the brutal assault that left his sister, 51-year-old Wanda Palmer, in a coma for 2 years.
Palmer, 55, was uncooperative whereas in custody and through reserving procedures on the South Central Regional Jail in West Virginia the place he was booked on July 15 after being charged with the tried homicide and malicious wounding of his sister.
He had been taken to the Charleston Hospital for undisclosed well being causes on July 20, and died the subsequent day. The reason for demise has not been revealed.
Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger informed Individuals Journal that Daniel, who had been a suspect within the assault of his sister, appeared to face a number of well being points on the time of his demise.
‘It was an avalanche of recurring well being points,’ Mellinger mentioned. ‘He typically was not a wholesome man to start with and as soon as he acquired to jail his well being continued to spiral downhill.’
Mellinger added: ‘He was actually an individual of curiosity early on, however we simply didn’t have something to maneuver ahead. We had legitimately nothing to go on aside from an individual who drove by at midnight on their means residence from shift work sees him standing on the porch.’
In June 2020, Wanda Palmer was discovered at her residence badly crushed with both a hatchet or machete, police imagine. She spent two years in a coma after the brutal assault, which was by no means resolved till she woke.
Police mentioned that whereas there was one witness who mentioned Daniel Palmer was exterior her residence the night time of the assault, the investigation was left at a standstill.
After waking from the coma, Wanda supplied data to police, giving single-word solutions to deputies questions concerning the assault.
‘Wanda indicated (that) she recalled dwelling in her trailer close to her mom’s place. She indicated she recalled being damage there,’ based on a felony grievance.
‘She made point out of her head (the place she was injured). When requested who had wounded her she (said) her brother. She then recognized her brother as Daniel.’
When requested why her brother had attacked her, Wanda informed authorities it was as a result of he was ‘imply.’
‘From an investigator’s standpoint it's unlucky we don’t get the prospect to see the case via,’ Mellinger mentioned. ‘We flip the main target in direction of the sufferer within the case and hope she continues to get higher. She has a protracted highway forward of her.’
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