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Parents, caretaker accused of neglect in death of Pennsylvania man with cerebral palsy

  • Three people are charged after a 21-year-old blind and deaf man with cerebral palsy starved to death in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, as announced by District Attorney Kevin Steele and Police Chief Francis Wheatley.
  • The mother, Sherrilynn Hawkins, father, Vernon Hatchett, and caretaker, Loretta Harris, are charged with neglect of a care-dependent person, according to Steele.
  • The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as complications of cerebral palsy and starvation, classifying it as a homicide.
  • Hawkins faces charges of first-degree and third-degree murder, Hatchett is charged with involuntary manslaughter, and Harris faces a charge of theft by deception.
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