JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – A man and his girlfriend, who were caretakers of his mother, pleaded guilty to negligent death of an at-risk person and was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in Colorado prison.

Brian Lee Seitz and Laura Pratts both pleaded guilty in the death of Brian’s mother, 59-year-old Sheryl Seitz.

In April 2024, the Arvada Fire Department discovered a nonverbal Seitz “lying on an air mattress in the garage” of a rental property, according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

The paramedics found Seitz “covered in filth and maggots,” Denver7 previously reported.

The DA’s office in a news release added that Seitz’s cause of death was ruled a homicide and that she died from “complications of neglect that stemmed from prolonged immobility caused by rheumatoid ar

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