WEST CAROLLTON — The man who killed a West Carrollton man living at a group home for adults with disabilities learned he will spend three years in prison during sentencing Wednesday.
Erion Williams, former employee at the now-closed ResCare facility on RedBluff Drive in West Carrollton, pleaded guilty to charges including involuntary manslaughter and patient abuse. He also will have to serve at least three years probation after getting out of prison.
Williams was employed as a caregiver by ResCare Inc. when Jerrold Duskey and James “Jimmy” Larkins were injured Feb. 14, 2018, at the group home on Redbluff Drive. The West Carrollton group home eventually shut down.
The patient most severely hurt, Jerrold Duskey, eventually died from what the coroner deemed multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
While the exact details of the assault are still unknown, it is known that a worker at the facility called 911 the next morning and told dispatch there was a reason to believe a resident had been abused.
According to Larkins’ sister, Julie Anderson, he survived the attack, but it had a profound effect on him.
“He changed. He slowed down dramatically,” Anderson said.
In a letter to the court, Anderson said Larkins’ Alzheimer’s Disease accelerated following the attack and that he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder before dying in January 2020.
Anderson said that her family is looking for justice for both men.
“They’re human beings. And they don’t deserve to be beaten to death. They don’t deserve to beaten to the point where their life changes forever. And is shortened because of the trauma they suffered,” Anderson said.