The man is 45, was weighing 70 pounds, and is hanging on to life in the hospital. Meanwhile, the man's mom and stepdad are being accused for causing his disfigurements.
A 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability may have been neglected to the point where he weighed 70 pounds and had multiple disfigurements, including flesh rot and mutilation.
In addition, officers saw that he had severe muscular atrophy and was covered in bedsores, feces, and urine. According to an investigation, the man was tethered to his room at the back of his RV home for about two weeks, evidenced by scars and scabs on his body. Police said he was restrained by his stepfather, Timothy Ray Ellis, 51, and his biological mother, Billie Jean Barnes, 66.
The news release also states that Ellis restrained his stepson by binding his wrists together and around his neck to prevent him from acting out. And for added measure, police said Ellis cut open and removed the victim's "cauliflower ear," which is a blood collection that causes the ear to look swollen, before stitching the wound closed with a fishing line.
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