A 44-year-old Texas woman is facing charges after police discovered her father’s decomposing body inside a filthy mobile home.
Crystal Martin, 44, is charged with abuse of a corpse and resisting arrest.
Bellmead police were dispatched to a mobile home in the 4000 block of E. Harris on October 22. They found the body of 66-year-old Jerry Freeman lying on the floor.
According to the arrest warrant, the body was decomposed and covered in “filth from the multiple dogs in the house.”
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Police allege Martin, the victim’s daughter, had been in the residence with the body and failed to report the death or care for her father’s remains.
A neighbor told local KWTX that health care workers performing a wellness check were the ones who found the body and alerted authorities.
Martin and Freeman had reportedly lived together in the trailer since 2009. Martin is currently behind bars.
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