Puerto Rico authorities planned to file charges Thursday against a caregiver suspected of assaulting and abusing an 87-year-old woman at Hogar Casa Dorada, a long-term care home in Las Piedras. The man was arrested at the scene last Saturday after police and emergency responders found the victim, who is partially blind and bedridden, with bruises across her body and head trauma; she was taken to a hospital.
allegedly claimed that he had taken the woman to the location as part of a 'ritual' for her to 'die in peace' and make space for new patients
He was admitted Sunday to a facility for mental health services. Police said charges would be filed after his discharge, with a filing hearing expected at 2:00 PM at the Humacao Court of First Instance, following investigative work by the Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the Humacao Prosecutor’s Office.