Law enforcement officials are accusing the wife and son of an elderly man of flying to the U.K. and intentionally abandoning the elderly man there, according to FOX News in "Relatives accused of abandoning Calif. man with dementia in UK parking lot."
The circumstances leading up to the charges began in November of 2015, when an elderly man was found in a parking lot in the U.K. He had dementia and authorities were not able to immediately identify him. Despite numerous calls to nursing homes and hospitals, no one seemed to know who the man was.
Authorities in the U.K. even contacted international embassies to help identify the man.
For eight months, the unidentified man was taken care of in a U.K. nursing home. It was only after the story was broadcast on the BBC, that a viewer recognized the man from an old high school yearbook. It turns out that the man is Roger Curry, 76, of California.
This is not the worst case of elder abuse that has ever been seen, but it is one of the most unusual.
In this incident, at least the victim was found by law enforcement and well taken care of. The same cannot be said for many other victims.
Reference: FOX News (Jan. 30, 2017) "Relatives accused of abandoning Calif. man with dementia in UK parking lot."
Sometimes they wander off and get lost, they need to be watched all the time
Posted by: Kacy | 06/13/2017 at 01:47 AM