8/22/16
by News Department on 08/23/16Woman's death considered horrendous neglect...
A woman's death in Mahanoy City is being considered a case of "horrendous" neglect. Borough Police arrested Dorothy Robinson and John Latshaw, of Mahanoy City for the death of 76 year old Elaine Latshaw, who died in August of 2015.
Robinson told Police that she was the primary care giver for Elaine Latshaw, and that she just checked on her a half hour prior to calling 911 in which Elaine Latshaw was alive. However, according to a Mahanoy City Police Affidavit, Mahanoy City Police Police and Ambulance were called to the home at 325 East South Street in the borough around 11:00pm on August 14, 2015 and found John Latshaw and Dorothy Robinson at the home. Police said Elaine Latshaw was in an upstairs bedroom in deplorable conditions, pulse-less and was cold to the touch.
Schuylkill Coroner Dr. David J Moylan III observed the autopsy on Latshaw, conducted at Reading Hospital, and stated the situation clearly was a case of elder abuse.
District Attorney Christine Holman stated, that she would describe the condition as horrendous neglect.
Both John Latshaw and Robinson were locked up in Schuylkill County Prison on Friday, August 19, 2016, on charges of murder of the 3rd degree, among other charges.
