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75-year-old multimillionaire nearly dies of neglect, conservator says
JONESBORO, Ga. — Police are investigating a case of elder abuse in which officers suspect the victim's caretakers stole her money to pay for college tuition.
Patricia Neville, 75, lives in Jonesboro, Georgia. When police found her in her home last October, she had life-threatening wounds too graphic to describe.
Police arrested three people who had been hired to take care of her, but instead, may have neglected her.
"She was near death. She was near death," conservator Elizabeth Williams Winfield said.
Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/crime--law/year-old-multimillionaire-nearly-dies-neglect-conservator-says/ipl0K6xmBqqWlqGH9sysYJ/
