Alabama investigators say the mother’s living conditions were “excessively dirty and unsanitary”
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- An Alabama man was indicted this week on charges of elder abuse and manslaughter, months after authorities allege his mother died because he didn’t address her open bedsores
- Brenda Hallman Simmons died in May, days after first responders discovered her alive but unresponsive at her and her son’s home
- Her son, Jonathan Chad Simmons, was later arrested after he allegedly admitted to police that he ignored his mother’s health problems and didn’t take her to a doctor for more than a year
An Alabama man was arrested this week, months after authorities allege his neglect of his 76-year-old mother’s open bed sores and “unsanitary” living conditions led to her death from sepsis earlier this year.
Jonathan Chad Simmons was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 25, and now faces charges of manslaughter and second-degree elder abuse, according to WBRC, WHSV, and the Tuscaloosa News…