‘Sunk into the bed’: Son let mother rot to death in filthy home and blamed her for being ‘stubborn,’ police say

An Oklahoma man is out on bond after being accused of neglecting his mother to death.

Duane Valentine, 52, called authorities after finding his mother, 70-year-old Deborah Valentine, unresponsive in her bedroom on Feb. 17. But after officers from the Del City Police Department responded to the home, they were faced with the grisly discovery that the older woman was surrounded by trash, rats, and human waste. Police questioned Duane Valentine, who allegedly told officers that he had last spoken to his mother about three days prior.

The day after that call, he went to check on her and claimed that she was sleeping. One day later, she was not waking up…

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