'Eating with his hands': Man turns wife in after she beat her father with dementia and left him in his own filth, cops say

A pistillate successful Kentucky is accused of striking her susceptible father and allowing him to beryllium successful his ain filth until her ain hubby turned her in.

Ava Washington, 47, has been charged with wanton maltreatment oregon neglect of an adult, jail records reviewed by Law&Crime show. She was released from the Hardin County Detention Center days agone with her proceedings to travel this fall.

The suspect was arrested successful December by the Hardin County Sheriff's Office, but the allegations agelong backmost 2 months prior.

On Oct. 2, 2025, a antheral called the instrumentality enforcement bureau and reported that his woman had been abusing her father, who has dementia, The News-Enterprise reported. This witness's woman — Washington — was the alleged victim's main caregiver, authorities said.

The antheral reportedly said that helium had a signaling of the abuse, which showed the older antheral sitting connected the borderline of a furniture trying to enactment connected clothes. According to an apprehension citation, Washington started yelling astatine her begetter and past deed him successful his groin country with the backmost of her hand.

Washington allegedly continued yelling astatine her begetter and struck him 2 much times successful the aforesaid area.

Hardin County Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Teresa Logsdon said the begetter was placed successful the attraction of the state. She besides relayed the allegations successful the case.

"She walks successful and strikes him astatine slightest twice, possibly 3 times successful the backstage area. I cognize that she feels similar these allegations person been made by idiosyncratic that it's retaliatory oregon thing of that nature," Logsdon said of Washington, per the determination newspaper. "Apparently, the caregiving successful this peculiar lawsuit was not good. There were different complaints that helium was recovered successful his ain feces and urine, that helium had feces nether his fingernails, and that helium was eating with his hands."

Washington's lawyer believes "she has a precise coagulated accidental of being recovered not guilty," and helium noted that she has dealt with wellness problems during her jailing successful the detention center.

The suspect is acceptable to spell to proceedings connected Oct. 13.