53-year-old Texan Juan Santos Huerta sentenced to 30 years for neglecting mother, resulting in her death from maggot-infested wounds.

Juan Santos Huerta, 53, from Texas, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for neglecting his 74-year-old mother, Maria Del Socorro Huerta, who died with maggot-infested wounds due to lack of care. Huerta pleaded no contest to injury to an elderly person and faced separate charges of health care fraud. The case was described as the worst neglect of an elderly person by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.

July 12, 2024
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