Aug 07, 2020

Man faces neglect charge for abandoning woman in Omaha motel

Posted Aug 07, 2020 11:16 AM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 28-year-old man faces charges of neglecting a vulnerable adult in his care after officers found a 76-year-old woman covered in feces and urine who had been abandoned at an Omaha motel, police said.

Police were called to the Relax Inn in Omaha on July 3 when a motel manager noticed a guest had not checked out and went to check the room, television station KETV reported. He found the woman on a couch in the room covered in feces and urine. Trash and food also were scattered around the room, police said.

The woman was taken to a hospital, and medical staff said it appeared her adult diaper had not been changed for 48 hours, because of the feces had dried to her body. The man had checked the woman into the room on July 1, police said.

The couch where the woman was found was so contaminated it had to be thrown away, the motel manager said.