HIALEAH, FLORIDA — A Florida woman has been arrested after allegedly locking her 77-year-old mother with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease inside a bedroom, refusing to clean her or change her diapers after repeated accidents.
49-year-old Janet Edwards faces charges of neglect of an elderly or disabled adult and battery on a person 65 or older, according to an arrest affidavit from the Hialeah Police Department.
Authorities say Edwards’ own children reported the shocking abuse — describing scenes of neglect and humiliation suffered by their grandmother inside the home they shared.
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The disturbing case came to light after Edwards’ adult son stopped by the home in May 2025 and found his grandmother in horrifying conditions…