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Son Charged in Mother's Death
Son Charged in Mother's Death - Friday, May 16, 2008 at 6:00PM EST
Reported by: Mike Trim
Friday, May 16, 2008 @ 06:00pm EST
MOUNT CARMEL, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY- Police say he snatched his 83-year-old mother from a Schuylkill County nursing home and she died a day later.
Now Robert Netchel of Mount CarmeI is charged with her death. Police are saying the shock of being taken away from her nursing home caused Ruth Netchel to have heart failure.
Now her own son is facing a involuntary manslaughter charge. His arraignment was Friday afternoon in Orwigsburg. Netchel still won’t say why he took his mother from the Schuylkill Center Nursing Home in Norwegian Township .
It all happened on April 30th. Police say Netchel rolled his mom right out of the home and sped off in his van, dragging three nurses who were trying to block the way.
Police arrested Netchel about three hours later at his Mount Carmel home. They took his mother to the hospital where she died less than a day later. Netchel's defense attorney, Sudhir Patel, says, "We're still early in the proceedings and we'll certainly comment and make our position known at the appropriate time."
Netchel is free on $50,000. | |
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