An Ohio community is in mourning after a “hero” foster mother who cared for more than 70 children over two decades was stabbed to death by an apparently suicidal man, who also killed her two children. Poured.
murders The discovery was made Thursday at a home in the College Hill section of Cincinnati.
Patricia McCallum, 77, was found dead from multiple stab wounds inside her home. Police also found the bodies of her disabled son, 32-year-old DJ McCallum, and her adopted 11-year-old daughter, Kaydence McCallum.
Neighbors called 911 after hearing noises coming from the house.
Police also found the body of 66-year-old Anthony Mathis inside the home. He was taken to the hospital with multiple self-inflicted knife wounds and died shortly after arriving in the emergency room.
Police have not yet said how McCallum and Mathis might have known each other.
But Cincinnati.com reported Mathis was accused of strangulation during a domestic violence incident involving McCallum a year earlier. He was accused of lifting her from the floor by holding her neck.
A grand jury failed to indict, and the charges were dismissed for lack of prosecution.
No motive for the killings, if known, has been released.
A GoFundMe campaign It was started by the family to help cover funeral costs.
The site reported that McCallum took more than 70 foster children over the past two decades.
According to the fundraising page, McCallum “was a hero” who “advocated for youth, trauma victims, the disabled, and teen parents by becoming a founding board member”. Rosemary’s Babies Company,
Page also claimed that she was the first black woman to work as “Bunny”, a cocktail waitress at the Playboy Club in Cincinnati.
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