An elderly Indiana woman is facing neglect charges after she allegedly left her disabled daughter on the ground for a week because she wanted her to “get up on her own.”
The 40-year-old victim managed to call 911 and seek help on Sept. 13 using a coat hanger to reach the cellphone.
Police said the victim who is “diagnosed with Cerebral palsy, paralysis on the left side” and “other physical/mental impairments” fell out of bed a week earlier and was left on the ground.
Her mother and caregiver, 75-year-old Rose Chavis, reportedly knew of her condition and did not help her, only providing her with food and water.
“Patient states she fell out of bed 7 days ago and was struck between her bed and the wall since that time,” the affidavit read.
“She reports that her mother was afraid to touch her or call EMS but was providing her with some food/fluids as well as her medications.”
Doctors observed “extreme skin sloughing with multiple wounds on the patient’s backside from her knee creases up her mid back.”
They also noted the presence of maggots “in some of her wounds.”
Chavis told detectives her daughter had been “getting sicker and sicker” and that she wanted her to “get up on her own.”
