A Lakewood man and his girlfriend were recently sentenced for the death of the man’s mother. They were the disabled woman’s caregivers for seven years due to her deteriorating health.
That care, however, dwindled into neglect in the final months of the woman’s life as the two pocketed thousands of dollars and supported a drug habit, according to prosecutors.
The girlfriend, 55-year-old Laura Prats, received an 11-year sentence Thursday. Prats previously pleaded guilty last year to Negligent Death of an At-Risk Person, a Class 4 felony…