Wrongful-death suits filed
SUN PHOTO BY ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH, eallen@sun-herald.com
Family members stand behind Sarasota attorney Damian Mallard as he leads a press conference Wednesday about three lawsuits filed against the Sarasota County School District for negligence in the deaths of North Port High School students Marcus Freeman, 16, Wesley McKinley, 16, and Brittany Palumbo, 17, after they were hypnotized by former principal George Kenney.
SUN PHOTO BY ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH, eallen@sun-herald.com
Family members stand behind Sarasota attorney Damian Mallard as he leads a press conference Wednesday about three lawsuits filed against the Sarasota County School District for negligence in the deaths of North Port High School students Marcus Freeman, 16, Wesley McKinley, 16, and Brittany Palumbo, 17, after they were hypnotized by former principal George Kenney.
George Kenney
SARASOTA — Sixteen-year-old Wesley McKinley was an artist who was bright and lovable. His mom Peggy said Wednesday that Wesley was “the brother his friends wished they had and the friend everyone wanted.”
Peggy said her son still would be alive if he hadn’t been
hypnotized by former North Port High School principal George Kenney. Wesley committed suicide a year and a half ago.
