Modesto woman convicted of elder abuse
By Rosalio Ahumada
Sep. 30, 2011
A 46-year-old Modesto woman was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to seven years in prison for hitting her 91-year-old live-in boyfriend with a two-by-four after an argument between the couple in April.
Amy Lynne Dunlap was convicted of elder abuse in the death of Robert Palacio Jr. Her charge had an enhancement for personally inflicting great bodily injury on a person older than 70, the Stanislaus County district attorney's office reported.
Court records show that Dunlap initially was also charged with inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to cause great bodily injury. Dunlap, however, pleaded only to the elder abuse charge during a pretrial hearing Tuesday.
Admitting to causing great bodily injury on someone older than 70 is considered a "strike" under the state's "three strikes, you're out" law.
Dunlap was dating Palacio and living with him. The couple argued April 14 at their home.
Afterward, Palacio had been in the attic, trying to avoid Dunlap. Prosecutors said Palacio was climbing down a ladder from the attic, when Dunlap struck him on the head twice with the piece of wood.
Palacio suffered two cuts on his head: one above his left eye and the other on top of his head.
Prosecutors said Palacio was never released from a Modesto hospital following the treatment for his head injuries. He died April 25 of atherosclerotic heart disease.
SOURCE: ModBee.com
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