'How could I do that to my wife?' Man stands trial in wife's killing

Just earlier 7 a.m. connected March 4, 2021, Ricky Allen Holdsclaw called Gaston County Police and told the dispatcher that helium changeable his woman successful the tummy portion she was dormant successful bed. Judy Allred Helms was 72 erstwhile she died.

Holdsclaw, who was arrested for Helms' decease astatine the time, is connected proceedings for voluntary manslaughter.

In tribunal Monday, a 911 telephone presented by the authorities shed airy connected the circumstances surrounding Helms' death.

Helms, who had Alzheimer's Disease, had a peculiarly aggravated occurrence the time before, Holdsclaw told the dispatcher.

He said successful the telephone that Helms retired from a vocation successful healthcare astir 17 years anterior and had ever asked him to ne'er enactment her successful a nursing home.

"She has these spells wherever I person to clasp her down," helium said done tears astatine the time. "She suffers truthful overmuch erstwhile she has 1 of these spells."

While trying to restrain her, Holdsclaw said successful the call, helium pulled a musculus successful his tummy which rendered him astir immobile.

Sometime aft that episode, Helms wanted to spell for a locomotion by herself and returned location escorted by a neighbour who recovered her lasting successful their driveway.

Holdsclaw said successful the telephone that Helms shared a chickenhearted cookware pastry with the neighbour for dinner, took her medicine and went to bed.

"(At) astir six this morning, I conscionable went brainsick and changeable her," helium said. "How could I bash that? How could I bash that to my wife? She was my 1 and lone companion."

Prosecutors Kristen Northrup and Josh Warner besides introduced respective pieces of grounds connected the archetypal time of proceedings including the weapon allegedly utilized successful the shooting, bedding recovered astatine the country and a deformed jacketed bullet.

Rather than look a jury, Holtsclaw is having his lawsuit decided by Superior Court Judge David Phillips.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected The Gaston Gazette: Details revealed successful proceedings of antheral who is accused of shooting his wife