Oklahoma City police arrested a metro man after his elderly mother died in the hospital over the weekend. Investigators said 75-year-old Arlinda Taylor was left in her son’s care for at least a month.
Some of the details of the case are graphic and heartbreaking. The hospital emergency room staff told police Taylor had signs of extreme abuse and neglect.
The investigation started shortly after Taylor was brought to the hospital late Friday night. Nursing staff noticed marks on the woman’s neck consistent with strangulation, along with laceration and puncture wounds all over her body. Police learned the victim also had wounds on her body that appeared to be from hot water burns. According to an arrest affidavit, the victim’s condition quickly declined, and she was admitted into the IC,U where she died several hours later…