On Tuesday the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office announced a Derby couple has been convicted of financial abuse and physical neglect of an 84-year-old Derby woman.
The investigation by Derby Police and the Kansas Department of Children and Families revealed the couple made unauthorized financial transactions totaling over 20 thousand dollars in the name of a woman they provided in-home care for.
In December of 2021, Derby police found the woman, Leslie Jeffries, unresponsive and lying awkwardly on a couch in the basement of the home. The couple slept upstairs and ignored a medical emergency when she suffered a brain hemorrhage at home. She died a short time later in the hospital.
20 year-old Tiffany Williams-McCune pleaded no contest to two felony counts of mistreatment of an elderly person, one count for financial exploitation, and one count for neglecting the physical needs of the victim.
23 year-old Jacoby Reeves pleaded guilty to a felony charge and a misdemeanor charge of mistreatment and neglect.
