Whittier man receives 15 years to life
By Ruby Gonzales
Article Launched: 05/20/2008 01:05:27 PM PDT
NORWALK- A Whittier man will be serving 15 years to life in state prison for beating to death his elderly father during an argument two years ago.
William Boyd Miller III, 45, was sentenced Tuesday for the Aug. 31, 2006 second-degree murder of 64-year-old William Miller II who used a walker and an oxygen tank.
Norwalk Superior Court Judge Robert J. Higa called it a sad case.
He also gave Miller eight years for one count of elder or dependent adult abuse resulting in death but stayed that sentence.
Miller's attorney, Lawrence R. Young, argued a lifetime of abuse from beatings with a belt as a youngster to verbal abuse heaped upon Miller and his wife by the father culminated in an explosive altercation between the two men.
He said both men also drank.
Young said Miller took care of his father for 15 years. When he married and brought his wife home, Young said the elder Miller rejected her and forced her and his son to live in the garage.
SOURCE: PasedenaStarNews
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It amazes me that people allow relationship to go thus far. If the son and father did not get along and had strong issues between them -- Why can't they keep away from each other?
A tragic case.
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