'She's f—ing laying here dead': Brother caring for his 69-year-old sister kills her, then calls 911 and stays silent, cops say

A antheral successful Connecticut tasked with caring for his Alzheimer's-affected sister got burned retired from his duties and killed her successful a drunken frenzy, authorities say.

Sean McCormack, 56, is charged with murder successful the decease of 69-year-old Donna Caponera, according to tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime. He is being held connected $2 cardinal bond.

On May 16, McCormack and Caponera were astatine a location connected Edgemere Road successful East Haven, Connecticut, a municipality successful the confederate portion of the authorities connected the Atlantic Coast. Authorities accidental McCormack was Caponera's in-home caregiver and held powerfulness of lawyer owed to her Alzheimer's.

Dispatchers successful the country received a telephone that evening, seemingly from McCormack, determination NBC affiliate WVIT reported. The caller spoke nary words earlier hanging up, and constabulary responded to the country of the call.

Officers reportedly arrived to find an intoxicated McCormack, who showed them to the surviving country wherever Caponera laic unresponsive connected the floor. The suspect allegedly sat bleeding from the wrong of his limb adjacent to an unfastened vessel of vodka, discarded cigarettes, and a room knife.

"She f—ing passed away," McCormack told police, according to an apprehension warrant cited by section ABC affiliate WTNH. Caponera was lying successful a excavation of humor and appeared to person a telephone charging cord wrapped astir her neck.

Caponera was pronounced dead, and McCormack was taken into constabulary custody. He had reportedly soiled his pants and shown signs of self-harm.

When McCormack was taken to a hospital, helium allegedly made respective incriminating statements, specified arsenic "I conscionable killed…" and "Now she's f—ing laying present dead," arsenic good arsenic "I can't judge what I conscionable did."

According to the tribunal documents, investigators spoke with different household members and learned that the suspect was a recovering alcoholic. He was a bully caregiver to his sister, they said, but Caponera had been increasing progressively aggravated successful the precocious stages of her Alzheimer's illness and was hitting her brother.

McCormack was getting burned out, not sleeping enough, and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings online, authorities added.

There were notes successful the East Haven house, the tribunal documents stated. On 1 of them, McCormack had allegedly tried to write, "This is what Alzheimer's volition bash to you."

The suspect is expected to instrumentality to tribunal connected June 3.

Caponera is remembered successful her obituary arsenic having been the "beloved proprietor and heart" down a section time attraction earlier her retirement.

"Through her kindness, patience, and loving spirit, she created a harmless and joyful spot wherever countless children were nurtured, encouraged, and loved arsenic if they were her own," the obituary adds. "She volition beryllium profoundly missed and everlastingly remembered for her generous heart, lukewarm smile, and unwavering devotion to others."