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Published on: August 19, 2025

Hospital Visit Uncovers Elder Neglect Allegations

A Florida woman was arrested for elder abuse after she took her father to the hospital, where he was found to be covered in human waste and maggots.

At the end of July, a woman in Pensacola, Florida, reported that her father’s heart rate was dangerously high and asked for help getting him to the hospital. When paramedics arrived, they found the man in poor condition. According to the arrest report, he appeared frail and malnourished and had sores and soiled clothing. Medical staff later noted a wound on his right hip, about the size of a softball, with infection and tissue damage. They also reported finding maggots and waste in the wound. Additionally, he was diagnosed with diabetes and heart failure.

The authorities reported that the man was unable to move on his own and had not seen a doctor since January. Police said he was still able to communicate and appeared aware of why he was in the hospital, and he told them he had been in a recliner for several months. His daughter reportedly told investigators she had been her father’s caregiver and that she had not moved him from the chair since June due to transportation issues. She said she had tried to get him to the hospital in April but was unable to complete the trip.

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Published on: June 6, 2024

Baby Found Sitting on Live Maggots in Stroller

by Staycie R. Sena

A Kentucky couple is facing charges after the police reportedly discovered their child sitting in a stroller filled with live maggots and narcotics.

Late in the morning on May 24, a couple was reportedly seen pushing a stroller near an abandoned home in Madisonville. The person who noticed them became concerned and called the authorities.

Officers from the Madisonville Police Department went to the location. They spotted a man and woman with a stroller and believed it was the same couple the person called about.

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Published on: July 28, 2020

Maggots Found in Neglected Elderly Woman’s Urine

by Staycie R. Sena

A woman in the care of her daughter and granddaughter was reportedly discovered in a health-compromising state of neglect, and the authorities have charged the caregiving family members for the allegations.

47-year-old Shannon Tipton lives with and cares for her 74-year-old mother, of whom she has financial power of attorney, at a residence in Pittsylvania County. Shannon’s daughter, 26-year-old Brianna Tipton, also lives at the address. It was reported that Shannon is given payment from Medicare for the aid she provides to her mother.

On March 18, Sovah Hospital in Danville was administering treatment and care to Shannon’s mother, and after putting a Foley catheter in place the woman was released and allowed to return home.

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Published on: March 23, 2018

Neglected Bedridden Woman Found Alive with Maggots on Rotting Legs

by Staycie R. Sena

A disabled woman in the care of her husband and son was discovered living in unhealthy conditions and reportedly had maggots covering her decomposing flesh. Her family members are facing charges for the alleged abuse.

A Sugar Hill, Georgia, obese and bedridden elderly woman living with her husband and son as her caretakers lost consciousness last Thursday, and Gwinnett County Fire Department Emergency Medical Technicians responded to the call for help.

The fire crew that dispatched in response to the call had been to the woman’s home one month prior when they transported her back from a trip to the hospital and assisted her into her home with the use of a “Mega Mover;” a special tarp designated for moving very large patients. When they came back to the apartment this time they believed that the woman had remained upon the same tarp with which they brought her home on since their previous visit. The once-clean canvas was now allegedly stained with fecal matter and the woman’s legs appeared to be blackened and decomposing. Maggots and cockroaches were reportedly eating the dead flesh from her body and they did not believe she would survive.

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