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WARREN, Mich. (AP) - The husband of a 400-pound
Detroit-area woman has been charged with abuse after her recent death.
Authorities are accusing Michael
Brooks of ignoring Yolanda Reese-Brooks and allowing her to fester in a bed
surrounded by her own waste. The 40-year-old Warren woman died of morbid obesity and other
injuries last week.
The prosecutor's office says Brooks
was his wife's primary caretaker after she sustained a crushed pelvis and
ruptured bladder in a 2011 auto wreck. She was extracted from their apartment
by an emergency crew wearing protective gear.
Brooks is charged with second-degree
abuse of a vulnerable adult. Prosecutor Eric Smith says Brooks' conduct was
"shameful." Reese-Brooks' four children now are living with a
relative.
It's unknown if Brooks has a lawyer.
He doesn't have a listed phone number.
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