MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - A South Carolina caregiver is accused of abusing an 88-year-old blind woman for months.

The Horry County Police Department charged 62-year-old Tammy Whitmore on Monday with willful abuse of a vulnerable adult

Officers responded on June 27 to Andorra Street off Highway 9 in the Longs area for an assault, but they were rerouted to meet the victim at an emergency room.

EMS told the officers that a home health care provider found bruises of various sizes and ages in different places across the woman’s body.

A week after her mysterious return, Susan Rhodes arrested

Two months after she vanished and a week after her return, Susan Rhodes got a new roof over her head: The Edgefield County jail.

A police report shows that the woman told authorities Whitmore had been abusi

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