58-year-old Patricia Martinez was taken to a hospital after deputies found her in her home bedridden and undergoing hospice care at her home.
mother has died after the Bexar County Sheriff's Office says she was found in shockingly poor health in filthy conditions. The woman's three adult children have been arrested for their alleged neglect.
The sheriff's office says it was told about Martinez's case by her medical providers after they noticed a steep decline in her health.Sheriff Javier Salazar called the conditions "deplorable" and that Martinez was found with open bed sores, mold growing on parts of her body, and that there were numerous insects in the room.
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