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Florida man found living with his dead mother after a welfare check
CBS 12 News ^ | January 7, 2023 | Skyler Shepard

Posted on 01/07/2023 2:24:08 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

COCOA, Fla. (CBS12) — Police made a troubling discovery after a welfare check led to

The Cocoa Police Department said they responded to a residence at 2111 Otterbein Avenue on Jan. 1, in regards to a welfare check on 80-year-old Kathleen Ruhlander. The woman's granddaughter contacted police saying Robert Ruhlander, 53, the elderly woman's son, wouldn't let her see her grandmother. When another relative attempted to reach out Ruhlander told her the elderly woman was, "taking a nap."

Officers said multiple welfare checks were attempted that day, however Ruhlander wouldn't let the officers inside the residence, closing the front door behind him when he spoke to law enforcement.

A neighbor told police he believed that the woman was dead inside the home since he hadn't heard the "beeping" sounds from the woman's breathing apparatus in a week or two. The man also noted that the front door of the home was usually left open and it had been shut for quite some time.

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KEYWORDS: abuse; arrest; cocoa; elderabuse; florida; floridaman; hangemhigh; homicide; neglect; welfarecheck
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To: leaning conservative

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21 posted on 01/07/2023 3:55:50 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
She was just "resting."

Anyway, this is more common than you think. Normally its a lazy child wanting to keep cashing those Social Security checks. So they stick their parent in a freezer or something for as long as they can get away with it.

22 posted on 01/07/2023 3:58:26 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,777,271 | Truth Social | 87,821,414 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: nickcarraway
They aren’t saying that he killed her, they’re just saying that he concealed her death?

Near the end of the article it says she was lying in her own urine and feces, so it sounds like he neglected her until she died, and then tried to conceal it.

23 posted on 01/07/2023 4:18:51 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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Florida Man!

Protector of the Universe!


24 posted on 01/07/2023 5:04:32 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: leaning conservative

These folks aren’t from Florida.


25 posted on 01/07/2023 6:14:55 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: V_TWIN

Yep, damn Yankees.
My dad always said, “The worse thing ever to happen to Florida was the invention of air conditioning”.


26 posted on 01/07/2023 6:17:42 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: dljordan

>>This stuff happens in every state. They’re jus trying to make Florida look like it’s full of crazy people to make the governor look bad in my opinion. If you want crazy look at California and New York, specifically NYC.<<

Yes. For some reason, the media has decided to zero in on Florida’s screwballs, while not giving equal time to the screwballs in other states.


27 posted on 01/07/2023 6:32:37 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: V_TWIN

Gamblers are worse than druggies. Druggies usually dir after some years. Sad but at least they don’t terrorize their families any more. Gamblers go on for decades harming everyone they interact with. I’ve known several. Nothing but trouble.


28 posted on 01/07/2023 6:45:49 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: V_TWIN

That’s his look right after being asked “Dad, where’s Grandma?”.


29 posted on 01/07/2023 7:33:18 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: bankwalker

Absolutely. Alcohol is definitely a drug.


30 posted on 01/08/2023 4:07:57 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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