An 80-year-old woman is on life support at St. Anne’s Hospital, the victim of neglect so severe it nearly killed her and left her with bedsores deep enough to expose tendons, a prosecutor alleged.
For that, the woman’s daughter, son-in-law and three grandsons were arraigned Tuesday, charged with permitting injury to a disabled person. The prosecutor asked for bail of $100,000 cash for each person.
If the woman dies, the charge will be upgraded to manslaughter, the prosecutor said.
“This has to be one of the most egregious and horrible cases of elder abuse anyone has ever seen,” prosecutor Steven E. Gagne argued at the arraignment. The family, essentially, was letting the woman rot to death in her chair, Gagne alleged.
Karen Cabral, 49, and her husband Duarte Cabral, 51, as well as their sons, Corey Cabral, 21, Keith Cabral, 28, and Scott Cabral, 24, all lived in a second-floor apartment on Lonsdale Street [...]

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