Chicago Police confirmed Monday that they are investigating whether The Temptations singer Dennis Edwards was abused by his wife before his death last week. The 74-year-old musician passed away at a city hospital on Thursday due to complications from meningitis.
Shortly before his death, his wife Brenda Edwards was ordered to stay away from him after the couple were visited at their apartment by an adult protective services investigator. The investigator filed a protective order on Edwards’ behalf on January 12, alleging that his wife had tried to suffocate him by holding his head face down on a bed. The document also says Brenda took her ‘bed bound and immobile’ husband’s hearing aids away from him. The order was granted on January 18, barring Brenda from having contact with her husband.
By that point, Dennis had been removed from his home anyway due to medical issues. A hearing was set for Friday in the case, in which Brenda would have been given the opportunity to respond to the allegations. But in the wake of her husband’s death, the protective order was vacated and the hearing cancelled. That doesn’t mean Brenda is off the hook. The Chicago Police Department confirmed Monday that they are investigating the allegations.
