Published at 8:54 AM, January 17, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Court Television)– A Kentucky lady has actually been condemned in the death of her partner following a 2nd trial.
A Fayette County jury founded guilty Carol Ann Hignite of first-degree murder and wanton endangerment, reported Scripps News Lexington. That exact same jury advised a sentence of 11 years in jail.
Carol Ann Hignite appears in court Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky. Hignite is implicated of assaulting her other half and leaving him for dead in Sept. 2017. (Court Television)
District attorneys argued Carol beat 76-year-old Leon Hignite with a hammer on Sept. 25, 2017, and left him on their bed room flooring for 3 days before calling for aid. Carol was likewise implicated of setting their home on fire throughout the examination.
Throughout Carol’s very first trial in 2022, district attorneys stated Leon suffered a “serious terrible brain injury, collapsed lung, damaged ribs, damaged leg, fractured orbital socket and bed sores.” Responders stated he was unresponsive, dehydrated and lying in his own dirt when they got here. Leon passed away 6 days later on, on Oct. 4. A medical inspector’s report stated he had 33 lacerations to his head and specified the cause of death as blunt force injury.
The defense’s timeline declared Carol remained in the cooking area when Leon fell off the toilet in the restroom. Carol then declared she assisted Leon into the bed room, where he stated he wished to lay on the flooring since of his bad back. Over the next 3 days, the defense stated Carol cleaned up Leon when he stained himself and fed him “ice slivers” that she squashed with a hammer. She called 911 on Sept. 28 after consulting with their medical care medical professional.
Carol’s very first trial ended in a mistrial. A 2nd jury discovered her guilty on Jan. 17. Hignite will be sentenced on Feb. 21.
