SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County prosecutors have filed manslaughter and elder abuse charges against 53-year-old Lori Meers, following the death of her 77-year-old mother, who suffered from dementia and died of septic shock earlier this year.

According to charging documents released by District Attorney Sim Gill, Meers is accused of recklessly causing her mother’s death through severe neglect. The case dates back to March, when Cottonwood Heights Police responded to a welfare check at the family’s home. What officers with the Cottonwood Heights Police Department and paramedics discovered led to felony charges.

The elderly woman was found lying naked on the basement floor, covered with a bedsheet and feces. Her twin sister, who had come to visit, described her as “ice cold” and said he

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