An Arvada woman will spend more than a decade in prison after the death of an elderly woman she was supposed to be taking care of.
Jefferson County District Judge Jason Carrithers sentenced 55-year-old Laura Prats to 11 years in prison Thursday after she pleaded guilty to a count of negligent death of an at-risk person, according to a press release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The Arvada Fire Department was initially dispatched to an Airbnb in the 6400 block of Kendall Street on April 29, 2024, after a report of a sick person. Upon arrival, responders found Sheryl Seitz — a 58-year-old disabled person and mother of co-defendant Brian Seitz — on an air mattress in the garage. She was “covered in filth and maggots,” according to the press release…