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I'm Sidney Sumner. An 84-year-old Florida man remains hospitalized this week after his 54-year-old

daughter left him sitting in a recliner for two months and hadn't gotten him medical

care since January. Pamela Reynolds finally called 911 on July 31st because her father had a

rapid heart rate. She told investigators she hadn't seen any of his multiple severe injuries,

a sacrum injury, necrotic tissue in his hip, malnourishment, peeling

skin, bruises, and bed sores, or that his injuries, beard, fingernails, and feet were covered

in filth. Reynolds said that her father would primarily sit and lie down in his recliner chair

in front of the television and that she had not moved him

since early June. Investigators noted in the police report that Pamela said there were

transportation difficulties and that she attempted to take him to the doctor back in April but was

unsuccessful and did not attempt again until she had called 911 on July 31st. As Scambia County Sheriff,

Chip Simmons said the case was horrific. I will say that the description of this one and what

are the medical staff and the protective services individuals and our deputies in crime scene

had to see, witness, describe, document what they had to do with in this particular case is probably the worst that I can remember.

This includes some maggots in that rotten flesh, feces mixed inside there, and everything is as bad as you can imagine. In fact, it's bad enough to read it.

It's bad enough to describe it. Imagine what it would be like to have to live through that

when you're the person that's relatively incapacitated. The elderly man suffered from other health

ailments in addition to the abuse heaped on him by the daughter, including diabetes

and heart disease. Police said they spoke with him in the hospital, and he was able to confirm

he'd been sitting in the recliner for months. It's hard to comprehend how someone can allow it to

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