A caretaker has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his elderly client, the Travis County sheriff’s office said.
The arrest came on Friday after deputies responded to a request for a welfare check at a home in the 16300 block of East Lake Shore Drive in Spicewood, the office said. When they arrived, the deputies found an 80-year-old, wheelchair-bound man in “advanced stages of decomposition.” They also found the man’s caretaker, 37-year-old Chad Wayne Christopher, of Austin.
The sheriff’s office said a family member requested the welfare check of the deceased man, who authorities have not yet identified. The relative said the man had been living with a caretaker because he required assistance but that the caretaker had stopped communicating with the family.
Christopher was charged with murder and is being held on a $250,000 bond at the Travis County jail, records show.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Travis County sheriff’s office tip line at 512-854-1444.
Chad Wayne Christopher, 37, was arrested and charged on Friday, Nov. 22 for the death of an elderly Spicewood man on Friday, according to the Travis County sheriff’s office.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Caretaker charged with murder in death of elderly Spicewood man
