Margaret George let her 83 yr. old mother live in deplorable conditions

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An elderly Seattle woman found living in deplorable conditions in December, bedridden and suffering from dementia in her Beacon Hill home, is now in the care of a Renton nursing home. Her 54-year-old daughter, who was her caregiver, is charged with felony counts of criminal mistreatment and theft.

The King County Prosecutor's Office this week filed charges against Margaret A. George, saying she recklessly created an imminent and substantial risk to her mother's life.

Seattle police detectives said the immobile 83-year-old woman appeared to have been neglected for an extended period of time before authorities entered her home in the 4900 block of 26th Avenue South and discovered her.

Police and medics found her confined to her bed, infested with maggots and surrounded by feces and urine. According to police, a relative of the elderly woman called police after being unable to reach her.

In charging papers, prosecutors said George, who said she had been unemployed for three years, withdrew $13,000 from her mother's bank account to buy a car, and had transferred more than $40,000 from a joint account she shared with her mother into an account in her own name.

Bank records showed a number of questionable purchases, and large cash withdrawals made at casinos in Auburn and Marysville.

If found guilty of the two counts, George could be sentenced to 12 to 14 months in prison, the standard sentencing range, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the prosecutor's office.

George is scheduled to be arraigned June 9 in King County Superior Court.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009279728_charges30m.html

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[QUOTE][QUOTE]e and medics found her confined to her bed, infested with maggots and surrounded by feces and urine. According to police, a relative of the elderly woman called police after being unable to reach hepothat poor lady.EThat is just fucked up

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Upon entering the home, Seattle police said in court documents, the investigating officers and medical personnel were nearly overcome by the stench of urine and rotting flesh.

The aged woman was found on her bed, which had been surrounded by piles of food wrappers two-to-three feet high. She began to move upon seeing the rescuers, allaying fears that she was deceased.

According to police reports, paramedics found that large portions of the woman's skin had sloughed off her body. The skin appeared infected and filled with maggots.

Police reported that the woman's bed had been soaked through with feces and urine. The home's kitchen was also filled with trash and rotten food.

The woman's 54-year-old daughter, Margaret A. George, arrived at the home as officers were examining the scene. Police say George admitted to being responsible for her mother's care.

Neighbors and friends told police George's mother had always kept a clean home until her health problems began to take their toll. In recent years, she had become unable to care for herself or leave the home.

Confronted by detectives days later, George said her mother had stopped caring for herself due to her dementia. Asked what she planned to do, George remained vague.

"I was just going to play it by ear and try and do what I could do and see how bad … just how bad it was because I couldn't tell," George told police, according to prosecutors.

Following the incident, detectives began to review George's finances. They found that she had transferred $47,000 from her mother's account to her own, in addition to withdrawing $25,000 in cash from her mother's account. She also got a $13,700 cashier's check from her mother's account to buy a car.

Prosecutors contend much of it went to finance a relatively lavish lifestyle for George, who was unemployed.

"George made numerous retail shopping purchases and Internet retail purchases which do not appear to be related to (her mother's) care," Detective Nadia Fiorini said in court documents. Most notably, George made $11,484 in ATM cash withdrawals from inside the Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn, and the Tulalip Casino in Marysville."

George currently faces felony charges of first-degree theft and second-degree criminal mistreatment. She has not entered a plea in the case, and was not jailed.http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406752_george01.html

She was not jailed? I hope they make up for that at sentencing. Any jail she will be clean and cared for at any jail she gets sent to... which will be better than she treated her mom.