Robert Ruhlander was charged with neglect of aged individual and failure to report demise.
COCOA, Fla. — A 53-year-old man was arrested Sunday after police say his mother was found dead at their home in Cocoa.
Robert Ruhlander was charged with neglect of aged individual and failure to report demise.
Police say they arrived on the home on Otterbein Avenue for a welfare examine after the 80-year-old mother’s granddaughter mentioned she had not seen or heard from Kathleen Ruhlander, WKMG reports. The granddaughter additionally mentioned that Robert wouldn’t let her see her grandmother, based on an affidavit retrieved by WKMG.
Robert advised authorities once they arrived on the home that Kathleen wasn’t home as a result of his sister picked her up again in December to go to Spring Hill after which New York, Florida Today reports.
Police returned to the home later that very same day after they obtained one other name from one other grandchild of Kathleen saying that Robert advised them his mother was sleeping and couldn’t communicate on the telephone, based on Florida Today.
A neighbor in the realm reportedly advised police that he believed Kathleen was dead and is within the home.
Law enforcement returned to the home once more and requested to enter, however Robert denied their request as a result of the home was not clear, WKMG says. However, police got here again with an investigator from the Department of Children and Families.
Robert was arrested as a consequence of an excellent little one assist warrant earlier than police searched the home.
When officers entered the home, they found Kathleen’s physique on a mattress and what seemed to be urine and feces on the mattress and ground in her bed room with a lot of mildew rising in the home’s widespread space, Florida Today says.
