Maybe I’m looking at this wrong, but the guy may have been mentally ill. And what of the two roommates? Is there any legal sanction against roommates who knew he was living in this condition, and were presumeably feeding him and giving him water?
It’s just too hard to believe that two housemates feed and water the guy, leave him stuck to a chair for two years, and don’t do anything to help him. There’s got to be more to the story.
Yes, I agree. And after thinking about it, I think I might have it figured out.
He was rich and he was paying them. They did what he told them to do because they needed the money and the free place to live.
I believe in some states it’s a criminal act to knowingly ignore something where a person’s life is in danger.
It’s like malfeasance of a known legal duty or somesuch.