PITTCAIRN, PA — A woman was arrested Thursday after they found her adult son, who is autistic, partially blind and non-verbal, naked and hungry in a closet at her home.
According to court documents, Bonnie Sue Schutzer, 54, has been charged with abuse of a care-dependent person, neglect of a care-dependent person, recklessly endangering another person and false imprisonment.
The man was found after Pitcairn police and officials of Allegheny County Department of Human Services and the county Humane Society went to the Jewel Way home during an animal complaint investigation.
According to authorities, 18 dogs were found in the home, which was riddled with feces and urine. While there, they located Schutzer's 35-year-old son nude in a second-floor closet.
Authorities said the man was so hungry that he grabbed a handful of dirt and put it in his mouth as police escorted him from the home once clothed.
The man was taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville. His condition was unknown on Friday.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident. A preliminary hearing for Schutzer on the charges had yet to be scheduled as of Friday.
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