A disabled and bedridden Texas woman has died after she was found in “filthy conditions” in her home and her three adult children were arrested following the shocking discovery.
The 57-year-old woman was neglected to the point of having mold growing on parts of her body.
Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies rescued Patricia Martinez from her home Thursday after Adult Protective Services were tipped off about her neglected condition, according to statements from Sheriff Javier Salazar on the department’s official Facebook page.
Martinez was originally found wearing an adult diaper that had not been recently changed and was packed with feces “that were in a dried state,” the sheriff said. This caused infections in other parts of the woman’s body.
She had “pretty substantial bed sores,” and mold growing on parts of her body, Salazar said. There were allegedly insects infesting the room where she was in. She had been suffering for quite some time, he said.
Her three adult children, Oscar Dominguez, 37, Rozanna Carrero, 24, and Pedro Luis Carrero, 18, all lived with Martinez, according to the NY Post. They were trained in how to care for their disabled mother.
Though Martinez was taken to Northeast Methodist Hospital for treatment, she later died from end-stage renal disease or renal failure and other health issues. Salazar said during the press conference the suspects are likely to face additional charges in their mother’s death.
All three have been charged with serious bodily injury, a first-degree felony, Salazar continued in his statement. It is unclear whether these charges will be upgraded as a result of their mother’s death, but Salazar previously stated that this is his intention.
Prior to her death, Salazar said that “it’s likely she’s going to pay with her life for their neglect. God have mercy on their souls when their time comes.”
The suspects are being held in lieu of $85,000 bail each in the Bexar County Jail.
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