Wife left 90-year-old husband with dementia alone in unsanitary home so she could go have a Saturday night dinner with pals: Cops

A South Carolina woman allegedly left her 90-year-old husband with dementia home alone while she enjoyed a Saturday night dinner with friends, causing him to fall.

Teresa Marie Mills stands accused of vulnerable adult abuse and vulnerable adult neglect, according to the North Charleston Police Department.

Cops responded around 7:30 p.m. Sunday to a home on North Kentwood Drive for a welfare check. When officers arrived, they saw the victim sitting alone on the porch looking disoriented and unable to communicate. He was also bleeding and had sustained other injuries. Cops called paramedics to the home to check on the man…

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