A Florida caregiver who was supposed to be watching over an elderly woman “not in the correct state of mind” made the senior live in filth and squalor — surrounded by spider webs, cockroaches, cats, feces, and even leaves — while allegedly neglecting her in a house with no air conditioning or working refrigerator, cops say.
Melanie Hess, 56, is charged with neglect of an elderly, disabled adult after being arrested Friday following a welfare check at her home in St. Lucie County, according to Hess’ arrest affidavit, which was obtained by Law&Crime on Tuesday.
Deputies went to Hess’ residence and found “extremely hazardous and unsanitary conditions,” according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, with one describing what he allegedly saw in the affidavit…