By Tony Burbeck
WCNC
WCNC
Mar. 26, 2010
Family members are charged with abusing, neglecting and injuring a 73-year-old stroke victim by tying his wrists and ankles to a bed.
Investigators say the wounds from the restraints are so bad you can see the man's muscles and ligaments. The man's niece and her husband are charged with the crimes.
The victim is 73-year-old Zettie Albert Murriel. His home is on Morris Street in Gastonia.
Police say for at least three months Murriel had been repeatedly strapped to his bed by his ankles and wrists. Police say the wounds are wide, deep and infected.
"Pretty substantial. It wasn't like fresh. It had been there for a while," said Sgt. Jimmy Arndt with the Gastonia Police Department.
Police say Muriel's niece Christel Carelock and her husband, Rodney, moved in to care for their uncle after his stroke.
"The injuries he sustained was definitely neglect on their part," Arndt said.
The Carelocks are each charged with elderly abuse, neglect and inflicting injuries. Friday, Rodney Carelock answered a reporter's knock at his door but said he couldn't talk.
Abridged
SOURCE: The Charlotte Observer
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1 comment:
This is a very sad story. No one should be subject to such cruelty. Especially our elderly who deserve much of our love and attention.
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