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Mass. Woman Left in Recliner Dies on 81st Birthday

Jul 29th 2010 – 6:31PM

BOSTON (July 29) - A woman hospitalized in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste died Thursday, on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said. Five family members who lived with her face various elderly abuse charges and could see upgraded charges. Fall River police...

Fall River News From the Web

  • 05/29/12 Fall River residents show support at Memorial Day... Source: Wicked Local Westport - Westport MA Rita Ferreira, in a blue top, and Jacqueline Duarte, in a red one — friends and wives of police officers — spread their patriotic blanket near Government Center, their four children ages 3 to 6 also decked out, when the highlight of Monday's Memorial Day Parade strode by.
  • 05/29/12 Fall River mayor's office installs sturdy outer doors Source: Wicked Local Somerset - Somerset MA Mayor Will Flanagan asserts his open-door policy is not being shut down or compromised, despite a new layer of security to enter his offices on the sixth floor of Government Center.
  • 05/26/12 SAFER grant not safely Fall River's yet Source: Wicked Local Swansea - Swansea MA Federal officials have awarded the first three weeks of SAFER grants, with a likely period of eight more weeks to announce whether the city will receive $14.4 million in critical funds to retain 79 firefighters.
  • 05/24/12 Fall River police seek help locating 71-year-old woman... Source: Wicked Local Swansea - Swansea MA The police are asking the public for help finding a missing 71-year-old woman.
  • 05/24/12 Fall River native will have new destroyer named in his... Source: The Standard-Times - New Bedford MA When the Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer enters service, it will bear the name of Thomas Hudner, a Fall River native who received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman in 1951.

Background on Fall River

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, west of New Bedford south of Taunton, north of Newport, Rhode Island and about east-northeast of New York City.

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