"Severely neglected" elderly woman dies in PA

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A man is in custody for elderly abuse after a PA woman died shortly after being found in a state of neglect.

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  • Alan Ray Hartzel, 46.
    Alan Ray Hartzel, 46.
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The Port Arthur Police Department made an arrest on Feb. 21 after receiving a call from emergency medical responders who were treating an elderly female.

Officers responded to the 2900 block of Fifth Street after EMTs requested their presence. Officers found the woman showed signs of severe neglect. She was transported to a local hospital and died a short time later. 

An arrest was made in the case and investigators were awaiting results from an autopsy. Alan Ray Hartzel, 46, was arrested Feb. 21 on a charge of injury to an elderly person. His charge carries a $500,000 bond.