A 40-year-old man in South Carolina and his 33-year-old girlfriend have been arrested in connection with the death of his elderly mother after they allegedly neglected the 76-year-old dependent so severely that an untreated ulcer had forced the lower portion of the victim's spine through her skin, leading to a deadly infection.

Kevin Carl Clark and Victoria Lynn Delaune were taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count each of felony abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death, authorities announced, identifying the victim as Dianne Clark.

According to a news release from the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, deputies and emergency medical services personnel responded on July 29 to a "call for service regarding the victim" after she was found unresponsive at a

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