Woman found quilty of locking disabled sister in 4x8 closet with just Bucket for 7 years
Woman found quilty of locking disabled sister in 4x8 closet with just Bucket for 7 years Woman Kept deaf sister locked in closet for seven years while stealing benefits Sept 30, 2017 - A Michigan woman was found guilty of vulnerable adult abuse for keeping her disabled adult sister locked in a 4x8 foot closet in squalid conditions for years, WNEM reported. Churchill weighed only about 70 pounds when she was discovered by police. She had been kept in that state for seven years, police alleged. She was so dirty when she was discovered, prosecutors said, that nurses had difficulty cleaning her because soap irritated her skin. Police discovered the abuse more than two years ago when they visited Candy Lawson’s home on a welfare check of her adoptive sister, who is deaf and has other cognitive and physical disabilities. They found the sister, Dianna Churchill, 42, locked in a 4x8 foot closet with meager amounts of food and a bucket for a toilet. In addition to adult abuse, Lawson was f...