A 61-year-old man in North Carolina has been arrested after he allegedly left a "medically fragile" and semi-blind 47-year-old woman to die in a freezing trailer with no heat or electricity while he stayed in a nearby hotel.

Blair Hamilton Hayes was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Emma Jean Teague, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a news release from the Carteret County Sheriff's Office, the arrest came following a "lengthy investigation" by detectives into the circumstances of Teague's death earlier this year.

"Teague was found to have been medically fragile and facts located during the investigation showed that she was left in a camper trailer in the Wildwood Road area of Newport by Hayes during the en

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