Woman abused elderly mother and let her rot until it was 'like seeing the mummy,' police say

An Oklahoma pistillate was arrested aft abusing her aged parent and desecrating her dormant assemblage successful a location filled with animals and filth, Sooner State instrumentality enforcement says.

Shannon Solomon-Webb, 38, stands accused of caretaker abuse, desecration of a quality corpse, and cruelty to animals, according to Wagoner County tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime.

The suspect was arrested connected April 9, tribunal records show. She is not presently listed arsenic an inmate successful the region jail.

The defendant's hubby made the 911 telephone astir her mother's death, according to an affidavit of probable origin obtained by Tulsa-based CBS affiliate KOTV.

Law enforcement, however, says that the telephone came acold excessively late.

"As soon arsenic you participate the beforehand door, each you person to bash is, is look to your right," Wagoner Police Department Lt. Det. Clarence Collins said. "There's nary mode you can't spot her…There's nary mode you can't spot this idiosyncratic lying connected the bed."

Inside the residence, determination were astir 20 dogs of assorted ages, constabulary said. The animals were allegedly surviving among their ain waste.

The suspect got into an statement with her parent astir moving to a attraction facility, according to police. So, Solomon-Webb said she wanted to "respect her wishes," and "limited the clip she spent astatine the house," according to the charging document.

The unfortunate suffered from lupus and had occupation breathing, constabulary said. When investigators asked Solomon-Webb if she and her hubby were successful complaint of the older woman's health, safety, and wide regular needs, the suspect allegedly replied: "Yes that would beryllium close we are her attraction givers," according to the affidavit.

Investigators were not impressed with the evident levels of care.

"They had placed a microwave connected the bed, and they had placed…instant meals that you conscionable had to enactment successful the microwave, cookware pies, worldly similar that, and immoderate water," Collins continued successful comments to KOTV.

The precise day of the victim's decease is chartless arsenic of this writing.

The aesculapian examiner's bureau said the complaint of decomposition was accordant with the aged pistillate having been dormant astatine slightest 1 week. Collins, however, told the TV presumption helium believes she had been dormant for possibly arsenic agelong arsenic a period earlier the 911 telephone was made.

"Ms. Solomon was truthful decomposed that she was – it was similar seeing the mummy from ancient, an past mummy," the detective said. "Her tegument and everything was truthful leathered. I don't cognize however other to picture it different than she appeared to beryllium an past mummy that didn't person the wrapping."

As of now, the dogs and puppies successful the lawsuit are considered evidence. The constabulary section is trying to get support to summation ineligible possession and springiness them up for adoption.

"It's beauteous difficult," Collins went on. "We each person mothers that, we wouldn't, we wouldn't privation treated successful immoderate benignant of mode similar that. I can't ideate idiosyncratic treating their ain parent that way."

The defendant's hubby was besides arrested on with his wife. He is simply a subordinate of the Cherokee Nation, truthful it volition beryllium up to tribal authorities to find what charges, if any, volition beryllium filed.

Solomon-Webb was released connected bail implicit the weekend. She is adjacent slated to look successful tribunal for her arraignment connected May 6.