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Woman charged after obese sister found rotting in chair
By QMI Agency


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An Indiana woman is accused of leaving her obese sister in a chair for three weeks, to decompose and die.

Vickie Holdcraft, 58, a worker for the county health department, was indicted Friday on charges of reckless homicide, neglect and perjury, reports WRTV Indianapolis.

Priscilla Frieberger, 61, and described in the report as "morbidly obese," died in October after spending three weeks wedged into a brown cloth recliner in the home the sisters shared. Her skin was stuck to the chair, and her body had started to decompose before Holdcraft called 911, prosecutors say.

Frieberger died in hospital of pneumonia and a blood infection.

The home was reportedly jammed with clutter, like something out of the show "Hoarders," WRTV reports.

Police have issued a warrant for Holdcraft's arrest.



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