Decatur police have charged a 23-year-old man in the stabbing death of his own grandmother.
The 75-year-old victim, Shirley Kendrick, also suffered a head injury in the Oct. 29 incident at her Oakhurst home and died a short time later at an area hospital.
Her grandson, Marquis La’Vonta Freeman, is charged with murder, aggravated assault and battery, in the incident, which occurred just before midnight, police said.
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The stabbing occurred at the home in the 200 block of Cambridge Avenue.
“Family members attempted to intervene in the assault and Mrs. Kendrick’s son suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and Mrs. Kendrick’s husband received minor injuries,” Decatur Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ross said.
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Decatur fire personnel responded to the home in what they believed to be a medical-assistance-needed call.
But when they arrived, they suspected an assault occurred.
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