LEAGUE CITY, Texas – A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his wife who suffered from dementia, according to Galveston County District Attorney’s Office.
Charles Kermit McCoy, of League City, nearly decapitated his wife, Susan “Shaun” McCoy, in an attempt at a murder-suicide in September of 2024.
What happened
On Sept. 24 around 10:39 a.m., League City Police Department responded to a request for assistance from the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.
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A deputy investigator was attempting to serve a writ of possession at a home in the 100 block of Crescent Bay Drive, where the Mccoy’s were being evicted.
Upon arrival, deputies received no answer and ultimately breached the door and found Shaun, lying on the bedroom floor with fatal injuries, and her husband, McCoy, with self-inflicted injuries, lying beside her…