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An Apopka woman is facing charges after investigators said she nearly starved a 102-year-old man in her care to death.
Alice Kovach-Suehn, 56, is the primary caretaker of her elderly ex-father-in-law.
When the victim arrived at the hospital, he weighed 89 pounds, according to reports.
The unidentified victim told the hospital staff he was scared for his life and Kovach-Suehn wasn’t feeding him. He told the doctor Kovach-Suehn rarely feeds him, and when she does, it’s often meat and dog feces, reports said.
"I've been in law enforcement for 18 years and I've seen a lot. I've seen the worst people can do to people. Not a lot moves me anymore. This case actually did. It was very emotional and it was horrifying," said Sgt. Ed Chittenden of the Apopka Police Department.
A doctor described the victim to police as looking like an “Auschwitz prisoner.”
The victim told police he needed to get away from the suspect, who is his legal caretaker, and that she was trying to get his trust fund in her name, but he has been delaying it.
Police said the victim was very thin, malnourished and dirty.
It was Department of Children that alerted police after hospital officials were alarmed by the state of the victim. Investigators said his caretaker brought him to the hospital because she had some concerns over his health.
Kovach-Suehn denied any wrongdoing and said all the medical personnel were lying.
She told police a Department of Children and Families worker came by her house a few months ago, but found nothing wrong.
DCF investigators told police Kovach-Suehn denied them entry into her home.
Kovach-Suehn is facing elderly neglect and fraud charges.
Police said the DCF and Families will place the elderly man in a shelter.