Caretaker charged after maggots found in woman's sores

Officers say they arrested a woman after her friend who she was caring for suffered bed sores so severe, maggots got into them. The victim suffered from Alzheimers and died at the hospital The medical examiner has not yet determined her cause of death. But the day before her passing, norfolk police arrested her 80 year old friend for -- they say -- not giving the victim proper care. Off camera, Gladys Everett says she believes in Jesus Christ and right now feels as he once did - crucified - by police and the court after an officer arrested her for allegedly abusing her friend. A head nurse at DePaul Hospital notified officers about the bed sores of Everett's live-in companion, Annie Spencer, who died on July 14th. A police report says Spencer, who was 79, had bed sores so severe, the nurse could see her spinal chord and that she also had maggotts in them. Furthermore, the report continued, because of the neglected sores, Spencer was suffering from septicemia-- an infection of the blood stream that can be fatal. "Certainly it's, it's an indication that the person wasn't being taken care of" said Jan Callaghan, Programs Manager at Norfolk's Department of Human Services.

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