Marie Mortera reporting
Updated: April 29, 2008
A mother and son accused of leaving a grandmother in horrible conditions appeared before a judge on Monday. It was the first day in court for Jacqueline and Alex Burt.
They were arrested last week, after police found 86-year-old Rosemary Burt covered in filth and sores. This case has caught a lot of attention, not just because of the disturbing details, but because it comes just as the Attorney General's Office is pushing a new department which is aimed at going after elder abusers.
As Jacqueline and Alex Burt wait for their next court date, John Kelleher with the Elder Abuse Unit is thinking about how this case is just part of an overwhelming problem, one that has Clark County investigating about a thousand cases each year.
That's why the legislature created the Elder Abuse Unit, or EAU, in late 2007. Run out of the District Attorney's Office, the four person team will go after people behind abuse and exploitation.
Jacqueline and Alex Burt will go before a judge again on May 12. That's when we'll find out if there's enough evidence to go to trial.
Abridged
SOURCE: KVBC
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