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Woman convicted of beating to death 77-year-old man she found in bathtub with autistic relative

A jury decided the fate of a Wisconsin woman who beat to death a family friend whom she had found in a bathtub with a nonverbal, autistic relative.Richard Platt, 77, was found dead in the basement of his home on Glen Park Court in New Berlin in Feb. 2024 after getting beaten with a ceramic angel sculpture.Brown admitted striking him on the head and body. She also bit his face and tried to gouge his eyes out.Later that same day, 44-year-old Martha Brown was detained as a person of interest by the nearby Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office after they received a call about a partially dressed woman roaming through a neighborhood.

The Blaze     Aug 29, 2025