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Shannon Martin
Public Affairs Officer, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office's Cold Case Unit has arrested a 64-year-old woman for manslaughter in the 2018 death by starvation of the woman's disabled mother. It is the Cold Case Unit's first solved case.
"If you are responsible for a human being’s care, you must take care of them. No matter how long it takes, we will continue these investigations to hold people accountable for their crimes.”
— RICK STALY, Flagler County sheriff
Family members told detectives that the suspect had collected money weekly ostensibly for the victim's food, but then isolated the victim and refused to let other family members see her.