Elderly woman beat her 72-year-old husband to death with a cane after shoving him to the ground: Police

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Gail Joy D’Anthony beat her husband, John D’Anthony, to death with a cane, authorities said.

Police investigating a Maryland man’s bloody death say that it was his wife who caused his fatal injuries by shoving him to the ground and beating him with a cane. Gail Joy D’Anthony, 76, who court records note weighs 90 pounds and stands 4 feet, 10 inches, is charged with both first- and second-degree murder.

According to Carroll County prosecutors, police and EMS in the city of Westminster first responded on the evening of March 1 to a home on the 300 block of Royer Road regarding reports of someone in cardiac arrest. EMS tried saving the victim, John D’Anthony III, 72, but could not.

An examination soon revealed numerous injuries inconsistent with natural death, officials said.

“The results of the ME’s autopsy confirmed that Mr. D’Anthony suffered extensive injuries, including blunt force injuries throughout his body, including, but not limited to, lacerations to his mouth, a broken neck, a broken right rib, two black eyes, and large contusions to his hands and forearms,” authorities said. “Ultimately, the ME found these injuries inconsistent with a single fall or otherwise natural death and ruled it a homicide.”

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