Associated Press
The Augusta Chronicle
April 16, 2010
MOULTRIE, Ga. - Two people have been arrested in Moultrie after police say they neglected an elderly woman in their care.
WALB-TV reports that police on Thursday arrested 34-year-old Tosha Chambers and 55-year-old Royce Dillard, Jr.
The arrests came after paramedics called to the home found 74-year-old Christine Welch suffering from severe malnourishment.
Investigators say Welch had maggots in bed sores and gangrene so serious that both feet will have to be amputated. Welch lived at the home with Chambers and Dillard, who were her caregivers.
Welch was listed in stable condition Thursday night at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.
Chambers and Dillard were being held in Colquitt County Jail on charges of cruelty to a person 55 or older.
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