The estates of two elderly women who were beaten to death at Galloway Ridge retirement community have filed wrongful death suits in Chatham County Superior Court against the owners of the facility.
Margaret Murta, 92, and Mary Corcoran, 82, were beaten to death in December 2007 in a dispute over forged checks. A third victim, Rebecca Fisher, 77, was critically injured in the attack but recovered.
Barbara Clark of Pittsboro, who cleaned the victims’ apartment, pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree murder in 2008 and is serving consecutive life sentences without parole.
The suit detail’s Clark’s prior conviction for fraud and alleges that Galloway Ridge failed to provide adequate protection and security to its residents.