A Killen woman, aged 58, has been accused of abuse that lead to her sister-in-law's death. The victim was 57. This is indeed a horrible crime.
We do have to ask why the TimesDaily is calling it "elder abuse." The law passed in 2013 states that victims have to have reached their seventh decade of life (60 and over) to be included in this law. Pen-N-Sword has called it "patient abuse." There also is a law, not mentioned anywhere in these articles, that covers protected persons, meaning someone who is not mentally competent, but his was not mentioned in either article.
No one here is an attorney, but we don't see how a 57 year-old woman qualifies as a victim under this law. Perhaps TD reporter Tom Smith could clarify this for us.
Charges against Maria Ann Springer Lindsey may be upgraded once her victim's autopsy is complete.
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