An elderly couple severely beaten in their Kansas City, Mo., home died on Tuesday after being taken off life support, a week after the attack that also killed three other people who tried to intervene, relatives and hospital officials said.
Ann Taylor, 86, and her husband, George Taylor, 80, were attacked in their basement on Sept. 2. Prosecutors allege that Brandon Howell beat the couple, then fatally shot three neighbours before fleeing in the Taylors' SUV. Howell, a convicted felon with a history of violence, was arrested shortly after the killings when police found him walking along Interstate 29 with a loaded shotgun in his pants.
'George and Ann died peacefully and we are blessed that they left this Earth together.'- Family member statement
Howell, 34, was charged with a dozen felonies, including three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Alice Hurst, 88; her son, Darrel Hurst, 63; and Susan Choucroun, 69. He also was charged with two counts of first-degree assault for the attack on the Taylors.
It wasn't immediately clear when new charges would be filed related to the Taylors' deaths, but "be assured that at the appropriate time, today's sad news of the Taylors' passing will be reflected in the state's case against the defendant," said Mike Mansur, spokesman for Jackson County prosecutor's office.
Ann Taylor was taken off life support Monday night but lived until Tuesday. Her husband was removed from life support Tuesday morning and died soon after, according to HCA Midwest Health in Kansas City.
"George and Ann died peacefully and we are blessed that they left this Earth together," family members said in a statement. "They were married more than 40 years, and loved each other dearly."
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has declined to discuss a motive for the attacks, but he noted that charges accuse Howell of burglary and stealing a motor vehicle.
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