An Ozark County woman has been arrested for financially exploiting two elderly women she was caring for.
57-year-old Patricia Santos Duvalier of Dora is facing two charges in the case and is also facing charges for physically abusing another client in her care this year that is mentally handicapped.
According to court documents in the most recent case, an investigator with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Special Investigations received a report from the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department regarding a death investigation of a woman from Tecumseh. Duvalier was a caregiver for the woman.
The woman had given Duvalier her debit card to withdraw her $1,000 per month salary, but when the woman went into a nursing home prior to her death, Duvalier continued to withdraw the money.
A second victim who is bedridden in the home and cared for by Duvalier, was found by deputies in a bed that was in poor condition.
Duvalier is facing two felony counts of financial exploitation of elderly or disabled and one misdemeanor count of elder abuse. She is being held without bond in the Ozark County Jail.
Duvalier also was arrested earlier this year fall after a mentally handicapped female in her care was injured.
More details on the story can be found on the KTLO Website.
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