Man left semi-blind 'medically fragile' woman to freeze in unheated camper while he stayed in nearby hotel: Police

A 61-year-old antheral successful North Carolina has been arrested aft helium allegedly near a "medically fragile" and semi-blind 47-year-old pistillate to dice successful a freezing trailer with nary vigor oregon energy portion helium stayed successful a adjacent hotel.

Blair Hamilton Hayes was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of involuntary manslaughter successful the decease of Emma Jean Teague, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a news release from the Carteret County Sheriff's Office, the apprehension came pursuing a "lengthy investigation" by detectives into the circumstances of Teague's decease earlier this year.

"Teague was recovered to person been medically fragile and facts located during the probe showed that she was near successful a camper trailer successful the Wildwood Road country of Newport by Hayes during the extremity of February 2025," the merchandise states. "This probe recovered determination was nary vigor oregon energy successful the camper during this clip period, and that the extracurricular somesthesia was lone successful the low-mid 30s during the time and successful the 20s astatine night."

Detectives said that portion forcing Teague successful the unlivable camper, Hayes chose to get himself a country astatine a adjacent edifice during the aforesaid span of time.

Emergency aesculapian unit connected Feb. 20 responded to the camper's determination connected Wildwood Road aft Hayes called 911 and told the dispatcher that helium went to the camper to cheque connected Teague and "noticed she was not well."

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The unfortunate was rushed to Carteret Health Care Hospital wherever she was admitted successful captious condition. The sheriff's bureau said that the severity of Teague's information was attributable to "chronic aesculapian issues aggravated by acute hypothermia from her vulnerability to the acold temperatures owed to her surviving conditions."

Teague yet succumbed to her information and was pronounced dormant connected March 4. Following a consequent autopsy, her origin of decease was determined to beryllium "end-stage cirrhosis of the liver" with "hypothermia" listed arsenic a contributing factor.

According to the sheriff's office, investigators recovered that Hayes was negligent erstwhile helium near Teague successful the camper "knowing determination was nary electricity, heat, oregon different means for her to attraction for herself. Teague was medically fragile and besides had important occupation ambulating connected her [own], successful summation to immoderate grade of blindness."

Following the investigation, the sheriff's bureau consulted with the territory attorney's bureau earlier Hayes was formally charged.

In summation to the lawsuit of Teague's death, authorities said that astatine the clip of his arrest, Hayes had charges pending against him successful Craven County, North Carolina, including 1 number of battle connected a pistillate and 1 number of battle connected a disabled individual. It was not instantly wide if the pending charges progressive Teague.

Hayes is presently being held successful the Carteret County Detention Center successful lieu of $100,000 enslaved and is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Sept. 5.