Investigators: Man arrested after elderly woman found in deplorable conditions
06/14/2019 9:36 am PDT
via KFOR
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) -- An Oklahoma man has been taken into custody after concerned neighbors reported an alleged elder abuse case.
On June 13, Oklahoma City officers were flagged down by management at the Meadowbrook Estates apartment complex in reference to a possible elder abuse case.
According to the arrest affidavit, managers at the complex told police that tenants heard “objects being thrown” from inside a nearby apartment. The tenants also reported that they heard a woman tell a man to stop, and that he was hurting her.
The affidavit states that the neighbors then heard a man tell the woman, “Why don't you just lay on your bed and die?”
When officers reached the apartment, they noted a “strong odor of feces” coming from inside the apartment, the affidavit states.
Although officers could see the 83-year-old victim in a chair, they say 53-year-old Carlton Nault refused to allow them inside the apartment to speak with the woman. Officers say after a brief struggle, Nault was taken into custody.
“[Victim] had significant bruising on her right eye consistent with someone striking her. She had dried blood on the right side of her face on her cheek and around her eye. [Victim] also had a blood soaked bandage above her right eye and was sitting on a towel covered in feces,” the affidavit states.
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