PUBLISHED: | UPDATED:
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Sandra Byrd Peterson, Daily Southtown
Dorothy Byrd, who loved getting dressed up, still lived in the South Holland home of her daughter, Sandra Byrd Peterson, in 2009 – four years before she moved into nearby Holland Home, where she received care for Alzheimer’s disease. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her death a homicide caused by toxic amounts of painkilling drugs in her system, according to county spokesman Frank Shuftan. (Photo courtesy of Sandra Byrd Peterson) 
