After October neglect arrest, Hialeah police accuse woman of draining disabled mom’s ‘life savings’

HIALEAH, Fla. — The October arrest of a woman after her disabled mother, then 77, was found eating her own feces led Hialeah Police Department detectives to discover that she was also taking financial advantage of the senior, draining her “life savings,” authorities said.

Police said that led to a new arrest of Janet Edwards, 49, on multiple felony charges on Friday.

An HPD arrest warrant states that Edwards, who has addresses in Hialeah and Miami Beach, had power-of-attorney over the now-78-year-old, who suffers from severe cognitive impairment…

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