WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) -- Salt Lake County prosecutors have charged a woman with elder abuse in connection with the death of a 90-year-old woman who had shown signs of neglect.
According to charging documents, prosecutors allege that Angie Dee Barker, 35, was caring for Beatrice Barker for the past three years. The elderly woman required 24-hour care at her West Valley City home.
Barker died in June after losing a considerable amount of weight. Documents also said she was suffering from renal failure, pneumonia and bedsores, prosecutors wrote in charging documents.
Prosecutors said they did not charge Angie Dee Barker with a homicide because they cannot prove that she intended to kill Beatrice Barker. Negligent homicide is a class A misdemeanor, whereas elder abuse is a second-degree felony.
